The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many thingsβwisdom, magic, and their love of teatimeβbut athletics is most assuredly*not*on the list. And so when Lord Ventinari, the city's benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university re
Unseen Academicals: (Discworld Novel 37) (Discworld series)
β Scribed by Pratchett, Terry
- Publisher
- Transworld; Doubleday
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Series
- Discworld Novel 37
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London
- ISBN
- 0552153370
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β¦ Synopsis
The wizards of Unseen University in the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork must win a football match, without using magic, so they're in the mood for trying everything else. As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed forever.
β¦ Subjects
Wizards
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