Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
'Look after the dead', said the priests, 'and the dead will look after you.'
Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country whose largesse - and indeed treasury - 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 entry...
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Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 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 for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.
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Tony Robinson is best known as 'Baldrick' from the famous Blackadder series. On top of his acting credentials, Tony is also a successful TV presenter and is currently presenting Channel 4's Time Team. He has also written several children's non fiction books, notably for Hodder, and lives in west London.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9780552152983 |
| Title | Pyramids |
| Release date | 2005-07-04 |
| Format | Audiobook Abridged |
| Studio | Corgi Audio |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | Terry Pratchett |
| Read by | Tony Robinson |