Carpe Jugulum: (Discworld Novel 23) - Couverture souple

Pratchett, Terry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0552167614 ISBN 13 : 9780552167611

Editeur : Corgi, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

‘Terry Pratchett will remain an enduring, endearing presence in comic literature’ Guardian

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 . . .

In this life there are givers and takers. It's safe to say that vampires are very much in the latter camp. They don’t have much time for the givers of this world – except perhaps at mealtimes . . .

Welcome to Lancre, where the newest residents are a thoroughly modern, sophisticated vampire family. They've got style and fancy waistcoats. They're out of the casket and want a bite of the future.

Everyone knows you don't invite vampires into your house – unless you want permanent guests – nonetheless the King of Lancre has invited them to stay and celebrate the birth of his daughter. Now, these vampires have no intention of leaving . . . ever.

But they haven’t met the neighbours yet.

Between the vampires and their next meal stand the witches of Lancre: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat and young Agnes. As the residents of Lancre living are about to discover, it will take more than garlic and crucifixes to take back their home.
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The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Carpe Jugulum is the sixth book in the Witches series.

Quatrième de couverture :

MIGHTILY OATS HAS NOT PICKED A GOOD TIME TO BE A PRIEST. HE THOUGHT HE'D COME TO THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM OF LANCRE FOR A SIMPLE LITTLE RELIGIOUS CEREMONY. NOW HE'S CAUGHT UP IN A WAR BETWEEN VAMPIRES AND WITCHES, AND HE'S NOT SURE THERE IS A RIGHT SIDE.

There're the witches - young Agnes, who is really in two minds about everything, Magrat, who is trying to combine witchcraft and nappies, Nanny Ogg, who is far too knowing...and Granny Weatherwax, who is big trouble.

And the vampires are intelligent - not easily got rid of with a garlic enema or going to the window, grasping the curtains and saying, 'I don't know about you, but isn't it a bit stuffy in here?' They've got style and fancy waistcoats. They're out of the casket and want a bite of the future.

Mightily Oats knows he has a prayer, but he wishes he had an axe.

A HILARIOUS BESTSELLER IN THE DISCWORLD SERIES

Tony Robinson, successful writer, actor and documentary-maker. Star of radio, TV and theatre. Well-known for the popular TV series Time Team and his roles as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Maid Marion and Her Merry Men and Baldrick in Blackadder.

Abridged, running time approximately 3 hours

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Corgi
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0552167614
• ISBN 13: 9780552167611
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416