Equal Rites

#3 Discworld

Terry Pratchett

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Corgi
18 September 2012

Series: Discworld Novels

The third Discworld novel, revamped for a new generation of readers...

'Persistently amusing, good-hearted and shrewd' The Sunday Times

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 . . .

They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son.

Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check that the baby in question was a son.

Everybody knows that there's no such thing as a female wizard. But now it's gone and happened, there's nothing much anyone can do about it.

Let the battle of the sexes begin . . .

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Equal Rites is the first book in the Witches series.

By: Terry Pratchett
Imprint: Corgi
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 199g
ISBN: 9780552166614
ISBN 10: 0552166618
Series: Discworld Novels
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 18 September 2012
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he is the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. Worldwide sales of his books now stand at 70 million, and they have been translated into thirty-seven languages.

Reviews for Equal Rites (#3 Discworld)

- The first seven Discworld titles are being reissued with stunning new covers, publication coincides with 21 years of Discworld anniversary and the hardback publication of The Celebrated Discworld Almanak and Going Postal . - If you are unfamiliar with Pratchett's unique blend of philosophical badinage, you are on the threshold of a mind-expanding opportunity. -- Financial Times - Persistently amusing, good-hearted and shrewd. -- The Sunday Times - Pratchett keeps getting better and better... It's hard to think of any humorist writing in Britain today who can match him. -- Time Out