Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12)

Paperback Published on: 28/04/2022
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Bookseller Reviews

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Witches Abroad
Fairy Godmotherin' Business!
Desiderata the Witch/Fairy Godmother has died, as she knew she would (she was fully prepared for the fact), and instead of organising a successor she has d... READ MORE
Rebecca at East Kilbride

Synopsis

Discover the gloriously inventive and funny fantasy novel from bestselling author Terry Pratchett, the third book in the Witches series, part of the Discworld novels.

'One of our greatest fantasists, and beyond a doubt the funniest' George RR Martin

‘One of Pratchett's finest’ 5-star reader review

'You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise, it's just a cage.'

There's power in stories. The Fairy Godmother is good. The servant girl marries the Prince. Everyone lives happily ever after . . . don't they?

The witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick are travelling to far-distant Genua to stop a wedding and save a kingdom.

But how do you fight a happy-ever-after, especially when it comes with glass slippers and a power-hungry Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can't refuse?

It's hard to resist a good story, even when the fate of the kingdom depends on it . . .

Witches Abroad is the third book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.

Praise for the Discworld series:

'[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'Mail on Sunday

‘Pratchett is a master storyteller’ Guardian

'One of those rare writers who appeals to everyone’ Daily Express

‘One of the most consistently funny writers around’ Ben Aaronovitch

‘Masterful and brilliant’ Fantasy & Science Fiction

‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he is a satirist of enormous talent ... incredibly funny ... compulsively readable'The Times

‘The best humorous English author since P.G. Wodehouse' The Sunday Telegraph

‘Nothing short of magical’ Chicago Tribune

'Consistently funny, consistently clever and consistently surprising in its twists and turns' SFX

‘[Discworld is] compulsively readable, fantastically inventive, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…There's never been anything quite like it’ Evening Standard

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781804990070
  • Number of pages: 368
  • Dimensions: 197 x 127 x 22 mm
  • Weight: 255g
  • Languages: English

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Witches Abroad
Superb
I already have, and have read this book many times. My poor battered paperback needed replacing and this hardback edition is lovely to look at and hold. Ju... READ MORE
Margaret Walker
Witches Abroad
A twist on a fairy tale
Terry Pratchett has took a classic fairytale with the help of three which sisters, Glasslipper, pumpkin,Fairy godmother and a handsome prince! This is ... READ MORE
Freya Bradley
Witches Abroad
Good
I came to the discworld series through my brother who recommended it after reading the first four books. When I read the colour of magic book 5 had just be... READ MORE
Book collector
Witches Abroad
Classic Weatherwax, Ogg and Garlick shenanigans!
For lovers of Discworld's witches this is a hoot, Granny W. and Nanny O. on the road (so to speak) with poor Magrat Garlick trying to keep the peace.
Jan Loughran
Witches Abroad
Glorious
Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick head off to foreign parts, going to Genua to tangle with someone who has been messing around with the power... READ MORE
Katy Wheatley