THE WEE FREE MEN A STORY OF DISCWORLD

PRATCHETT, TERRY

ISBN 10: 0385605331 / ISBN 13: 9780385605335

Verlag: DOUBLEDAY an Imprint of Random House Children's Books, London, 2003

Purple boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 220 x 145 mm approx. 320pp Golden yellow end papers. First Edition 1st impression 2003 , Fantasy Fiction - Discworld Series.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Very Good (Book - slight evidence of water spillage to tail of spine and rear board- 1 cm approx in depth not affecting end papers or book block. No previous owner name or inscrp , even age tanning to paper of book block else near fine. Dust Jacket- Colour leaching from spillage as above to reverse and slight wrinkling to face at tail, non price clipped - cover £12.99. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 135184

Inhaltsangabe:

Up on the chalk downs they call The Wold, witches are banned - ever since the Baron's son vanished in the woods. Anyway, as all witches know, chalk's no good for magic. Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching - a wise shepherd - might have been a witch, but now Granny Aching is dead and it's up to Tiffany to work it all out when strange things begin happening: a fairy-tale monster in the stream, a headless horseman and, strangest of all, the tiny blue men in kilts, the Wee Free Men, who have come looking for the new 'hag'. These are the Nac Mac Feegles, the pictsies, who like nothing better than thievin', fightin' and drinkin'. Then Tiffany's young brother goes missing and Tiffany and the Wee Free Men must join forces to save him from the Queen of the Fairies-

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. Raising Steam is his fortieth Discworld novel. His books 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. After falling out with his keyboard he now talks to his computer. Occasionally, these days, it answers back. www.terrypratchett.co.uk @terryandrob

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE WEE FREE MEN A STORY OF DISCWORLD
Verlag: DOUBLEDAY an Imprint of Random House Children's Books, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: PAUL KIDBY
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good
Auflage: 1st Edition Thus