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Wyrd Sisters

Name: Wyrd Sisters
Rating: 4.16 (130417 reviews)
Author: Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett November 10, 1988

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Synopsis

Witches are not by nature gregarious, and they certainly don’t have leaders.

Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn’t have.

But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more difficult than certain playwrights would have you believe…

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