The Shepherds Crown, Terry Pratchett
The Shepherds Crown, Terry Pratchett
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The Shepherd's Crown

Author: Terry Pratchett

Narrator: Stephen Briggs

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 09/01/2015


Synopsis

Fantasy grandmaster Sir Terry Pratchett's final Discworld novel, and the fifth to feature the witch Tiffany Aching.A SHIVERING OF WORLDSDeep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength. This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.There will be a reckoning. . . .THE FINAL DISCWORLD NOVELThe five funny and fabulous Tiffany Aching adventures are:The Wee Free MenA Hat Full of SkyWintersmithI Shall Wear MidnightThe Shepherd’s CrownTiffany’s mentors, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, star in the novels Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Maskerade, and Carpe Jugulum.And don’t miss Terry Pratchett’s hilarious and wise Discworld novel The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents! 

About Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) is the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.

About Stephen Briggs

Stephen Briggs lives in Oxfordshire and has been involved in the world of amateur dramatics for many years. Oxford Studio Theatre Club staged his adaptations of Wyrd Sisters, Mort, Guards! Guards!, and many others. As well as compiling The Discworld Companion, The New Discworld Companion, and, now, Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far, he has also co-authored the Discworld Diaries, the Mapps, and voices the UK and US Discworld audiobooks.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew on August 27, 2015

It could have been a lot worse. As Rob Wilkins explains in the afterword, Terry Pratchett hadn't actually finished writing this when he died. Pratchett's working methods, as described by Wilkins, involved writing scenes and piecing them together, finding the story, and then rewriting and adding scene......more

Goodreads review by Vicki on January 20, 2016

"YOUR CANDLE...WILL FLICKER FOR SOME TIME BEFORE IT GOES OUT - A LITTLE REWARD FOR A LIFE WELL LIVED...YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT...NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT" Thank you, Sir Terry for the joy and the sadness and for the many opportunities to escape to a wonderful......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on October 01, 2020

Re-read 10/1/10: Just now having finished a full Discworld re-read, I have to admit I'm still misty-eyed and depressed. Yes, by now it is 3/4 nostalgia and 1/4 hats-off respect, but the slider continually slides, and the sadness remains. That being said -- Well done, Tiffany. It's a fine cottage and y......more

Goodreads review by [ J o ] on May 15, 2021

If you are new to Discworld or Terry, don't start with this one. He was very ill and this was, I think it's safe to say, not written well, but by Jingo it was told well. The story, the characters, the sadness and the happiness, all have their place here and indeed on Earth. It was probably the most p......more

Goodreads review by Thibault on November 19, 2024

This is the final book in the Discworld series, and I had mixed feelings going into it. I was excited to finally finish the series I’ve loved and treasured since the day I started reading it a couple of years ago. But Terry Pratchett’s health had noticeably impacted his writing in the previous book.......more