'Look after the dead', said the priests, 'and the dead will look after you.'
Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when, like Teppic, you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country rather earlier than expected, and your treasury is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father.
He'd had the best education money could buy of course, but unfortunately the syllabus at the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not cover running a kingdom and basic financial acumen...
| ISBN: | 9780552166652 |
| Publication date: | 11th October 2012 |
| Author: | Terry Pratchett |
| Publisher: | Corgi Books an imprint of Transworld |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 382 pages |
| Series: | The Discworld Series |
| Genres: |
Comic (humorous) fantasy Satirical fiction and parodies Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy Action Adventure |