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‘Look after the dead’, said the priests, ‘and the dead will look after you.’ | |||
Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when, like Pteppic, you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country rather earlier than expected. It’s hard to fulfil your obligations to the ancestors with a depleted treasury that is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father. | |||
He’d had the best education money could buy of course, but unfortunately the syllabus at the Assassins’ Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not cover running a kingdom and basic financial acumen… | |||
== Podcast episodes == | == Podcast episodes == | ||
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* {{P|ls}} at the L-Space Wiki | * {{P|ls}} at the L-Space Wiki | ||
* {{P|w}} on Wikipedia | * {{P|w}} on Wikipedia | ||
* {{P|cs}} at colinsmythe.co.uk | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 15 June 2022
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
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| Audio read by | Tony Robinson (abridged); Nigel Planer (unabridged) TBC (new) |
| Cover artist | Josh Kirby |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Series | Discworld |
Release number | 7 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Gollancz/Corgi |
Publication date | 1989-06-15 |
| Preceded by | Wyrd Sisters |
| Followed by | Guards! Guards! |
Blurb
‘Look after the dead’, said the priests, ‘and the dead will look after you.’
Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when, like Pteppic, you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country rather earlier than expected. It’s hard to fulfil your obligations to the ancestors with a depleted treasury that is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father.
He’d had the best education money could buy of course, but unfortunately the syllabus at the Assassins’ Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not cover running a kingdom and basic financial acumen…
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.
Other appearances
To be added.
Adaptations
To be added: audiobooks.