Booklog 15/2022: Terry Pratchett: Wyrd Sisters – Discworld #6

[jacey]

Re-read. Equal Rites introduced Granny Weatherwax but this (the second Witches book) brings together Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg (her cat, Greebo) and Magrat Garlick. This is Terry Pratchett affectionate poke at Shakespeare's Macbeth with a side order of Hamlet. The three witches, maiden, mother, crone get involved in politicking when King Verence of Lancre is killed by his ambitious cousin, the Duke of Felmet, and the baby heir to the throne ends up in the care of the coven. Pratchett was a genius and by this sixth Discworld book he'd certainly hit his stride. Highly recommended