The shepherd's crown
| Title | The shepherd's crown
a Tiffany Aching adventure |
|---|---|
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
| Publication | Harper |
| Size | 276p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9780062429971 |
| Topics |
English fiction--Fantasy English fiction--Humorous English fiction--Juvenile--Fantasy English fiction--Juvenile--Humour |
| Notes | the last book written by Terry Pratchett before his death in March 2015. It is the fifth novel in the Discworld series to be based on the character of Tiffany Aching. Tiffany Aching, now sixteen, is busy running her steading and taking care of the people of the Chalk. Jeannie, the Kelda of the Nac Mac Feegles, is worried that she’s overworked. When Granny Weatherwax, Tiffany’s mentor, dies, she leaves everything to Tiffany, who becomes the first-among-equals of the witches. Geoffrey, the third son of Lord Swivel, is well educated and a pacifist. He is dissatisfied with hunting practices he considers barbaric, and after a confrontation with his father, heads towards Lancre, intending to become a witch. Meanwhile, in the domain of the Elves, Peaseblossom senses that the passing of Granny Weatherwax has weakened the barriers between the realms. When a goblin shows the faerie court what the humans are capable of with iron and the status that goblins have achieved, Peaseblossom usurps the Queen, intending to reenter the human world and reestablish the elves’ power. Tiffany, spread thin tending to the Chalk and Granny Weatherwax’s old steading, employs Geoffrey as a backhouse boy and starts teaching him. He and his goat get on well with everybody, and Tiffany dubs him a calm-weaver. Intending to help old men have some autonomy, he introduces the idea of sheds. Nightshade, the former Queen of the Elves, having had her wings ripped off and ejected through the stone circle on the Chalk, is found by the Feegle stationed at the stone circle. They restrain her until Tiffany arrives and takes her in on her family farm. While there, her father gives her a shepherd’s crown, or fossilised echinoid, that had been in the Aching family for many generations. Tiffany attempts to teach Nightshade what it is to be human and the motivations of kindness. Tiffany gathers the witches to prepare for an invasion by the Elves. Geoffrey marshals the old men, and assembles a fighting force. Tiffany and Geoffrey attempt to enlist the help of the Elf King, and when that fails, they build him a shed in the hope that it will earn his allegiance. The elves break through at two stone circles... [wikipedia] |
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