Pyramids
β Scribed by Pratchett, Terry
- Book ID
- 107723979
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Series
- Discworld 7
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY: It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he's been trained at Ankh-Morpork's famed assassins' school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun.First, there's the monumental task of building a suitable resting place for Dad -- a pyramid to end all pyramids. Then there are the myriad administrative duties, such as dealing with mad priests, sacred crocodiles, and marching mummies. And to top it all off, the adolescent pharaoh discovers deceit, betrayal -- not to mention aheadstrong handmaiden -- at the heart of his realm. Ο‘μ―¦λ
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
It isn't easy, being a teenage pharoah. You're not allowed to carry money, uninhibited young women peel your grapes for you, everyone thinks you're responsible for making the sun rise and the corn grow, you keep dreaming about seven thin cows and seven fat cows\* and, on top of everything else, the
_Look after the deadβ, said the priests, βand the dead will look after you.β_ Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country whose largesse β and indeed treasury β is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid
{ Sept 2020 - epub revisions. Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, content separation, and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 341 pages Published 1989 British Science Fiction Award for Novel (1989) Look after the dead', said the priests, 'and the dead