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Wyrd Sisters
Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett's sixth Discworld novel,
published in 1988, and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of Equal Rites.
With a storyline not unlike Macbeth, Wyrd Sisters features
three witches: Granny Weatherwax; Nanny Ogg, monarch of a large tribe
of Oggs, who owns the most evil cat in the world, (Greebo); and Magrat
Garlick, the junior witch, who firmly believes in occult jewellery,
even though none of it works.
The King of Lancre is murdered by his cousin, the Duke,
and the King's son is thrust into the care of the three witches. The
witches fight to restore the true King to the throne, even though
the true King would much rather act.
There have been both an animated version and a 4-part
BBC Radio 4 dramatisation.
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