Description
'Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.'
Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. A king cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. A child heir and the royal crown, both missing.
Witches don't have these kinds of leadership problems themselves - in fact, they don't have leaders.
Granny Weatherwax is the most highly regarded of the leaders they don't have. But even she finds that meddling in royal politics is a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe. Particularly when the blood on your hands just won't wash off . . .
'Pratchett's Discworld books have made millions of people happy' Guardian
'I love Terry Pratchett' Caitlin Moran
Wyrd Sisters is the second book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.
About the Author
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.
www.terrypratchettbooks.com
Reviews
Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own * The Times *
The Discworld novels have always been among the most serious of comedies, the most relevant and real of fantasies * Independent *
His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction * Mail on Sunday *
Book Information
ISBN 9781804990094
Author Terry Pratchett
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Penguin (Transworld)
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Series Discworld Novels
Weight(grams) 251g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 127mm * 22mm
