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'No one mixes the fantastical and mundane to better comic effect or offers sharper insights into the absurdities of modern endeavour' Daily Mail

The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .

Fairy godmothers develop a very deep understanding about human nature, which makes the good ones kind and the bad ones powerful.

Inheriting a fairy godmother role seemed an easy job . . . After all, how difficult could it be to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince?

Quite hard, actually, even for the witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. That's the problem with real life - it tends to get in the way of a good story, and a good story is hard to resist.

Servant girls have to marry the prince, whether they want to or not. You can't fight a Happy Ending, especially when it comes with glass slippers and a rival Fairy Godmother who has made Destiny an offer it can't refuse.
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The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Witches Abroad is the third book in the Witches series.

© Terry Pratchett 1991 (P) Penguin Audio 2007

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Engaging, surreal satire . . . nothing short of magical.” — Chicago Tribune

APR/MAY 08 - AudioFile

In Terry Pratchett’s fantastical tale, a small sect of blundering witches sets out on a remarkable journey to the city of Genua to stop the prince’s marriage. It’s a fun adventure geared toward the younger generation but thoroughly enjoyable by listeners of all ages. Narrator Nigel Planer is incredibly charming and thoroughly precise in his delivery. His witty English accent adds to the adventure and fantasy elements of this story. Planer is so good that his narration is less an inspired reading than a remarkable one-man show. A theatrical atmosphere is created from his rich pallet of ominous tones and whiny witchlike voices. L.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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BN ID:	2940169097856
Publisher:	Random House UK
Publication date:	01/04/2007
Series:	Discworld Series
Edition description:	Abridged

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In Terry Pratchett’s fantastical tale, a small sect of blundering witches sets out on a remarkable journey to the city of Genua to stop the prince’s marriage. It’s a fun adventure geared toward the younger generation but thoroughly enjoyable by listeners of all ages. Narrator Nigel Planer is incredibly charming and thoroughly precise in his delivery. His witty English accent adds to the adventure and fantasy elements of this story. Planer is so good that his narration is less an inspired reading than a remarkable one-man show. A theatrical atmosphere is created from his rich pallet of ominous tones and whiny witchlike voices. L.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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