And it seems as if the kingdom wants Granny Weatherwax to do something about it. Lancre wants a king who cares about its well-being, not simply his own power. (Pratchett even remembers the whole hand-washing problem, though he gives it to the duke himself rather than his wife.)īut now the kingdom itself is stirring, all the flora and fauna. Back at the castle, the late king still wanders the halls as one very annoyed ghost, and the duke threatens to slip further and further into madness as he fears the very trees in the forest are out to get him. Granny and company place the child in the care of a roving theatrical troupe, while the crown is hidden away in a props box. Of course, these witches include Granny Weatherwax and her two cronies Magret and Nanny Ogg, whose arguments over whether or not they actually make up a coven are interrupted by the arrival of this little bundle.and his crown. When King Verence of Lancre is treacherously murdered by Duke Felmet, the king's infant heir is spirited away from the crumbling castle (described as having been built "by an architect who had heard of Gormenghast but hadn't got the budget"), where he ends up in the hands of, naturally, three witches. This one had me laughing out loud more often and more consistently than any one I've read to date. One of the funniest entries in the whole Discworld series, Wyrd Sisters is Pratchett's spoof of Macbeth.
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