Wyrd Sisters - Playtext Av Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett

<p><b>The play script adaptation of the classic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second book in the<i> Witches </i>series, part of the <i>Discworld</i> novels.</b><br><br>''Pratchett''s <i>Discworld</i> books have<b> made millions of people happy'' </b><i>Guardian</i><br><br>‘<b>Comedy fantasy at its very best’</b> 5-star reader review<br><br><i>''Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It''s the other way around.''</i><br><br><b>Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. </b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>Particularly when the blood on your hands just won''t wash off . . .</b><br><br>Wyrd Sisters <i>is the second book in the Witches series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.</i><br><br><u>Praise for the <i>Discworld</i> series:</u><br><br>''[Pratchett’s] spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series <b>one of the perennial joys of modern fiction''</b> <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><br>‘Pratchett is <b>a master storyteller</b>’ <i>Guardian</i><br><br><b>''One of our greatest fantasists, </b>and beyond a doubt<b> the funniest'' </b>George R.R. Martin<br><br>''One of those rare writers who<b> appeals to everyone</b>’ <i>Daily Express</i><br><br><b>‘One of the most consistently funny writers </b>around’ Ben Aaronovitch<br><br>‘<b>Masterful and brilliant</b>’ <i>Fantasy & Science Fiction</i><br><br>‘Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own… he <b>is a satirist of enormous talent</b> ... <b>incredibly funny</b> ... <b>compulsively readable''</b> <i>The Times</i><br><br>‘The <b>best humorous English author</b> since P.G. Wodehouse''<i> The Sunday Telegraph</i><br><br>‘Nothing short of <b>magical</b>’ <i>Chicago Tribune</i><br><br>''Consistently <b>funny</b>, consistently <b>clever</b> and consistently <b>surprising</b> in its twists and turns'' <i>SFX</i><br><br>‘[Discworld is] <b>compulsively readable, fantastically inventive</b>, surprisingly serious exploration in story form of just about any aspect of our world…<b>There''s never been anything quite like it</b>’ <i>Evening Standard</i></p>