Pyramids
β Scribed by Pratchett, Terry
- Book ID
- 110529975
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- Dutch
- Weight
- 386 KB
- Series
- Discworld 7
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
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 to honour your dead father. And particularly when your only visible means of support is a recently acquired qualification from the Guild of Assassins where running a kingdom and basic financial acumen were not prerequisites for course entryβ¦
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