Mort: (Discworld Novel 4) (Discworld Novels)

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On Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, Death really is a 7 foot skeleton in a black hooded robe and wielding a scythe. The adaptation was by Jenifer Toksvig (sister of Sandi Toksvig) and the composer was Dominic Haslam. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Along the way, Mort encounters not only Death’s adopted daughter, Ysabell – who has been 16 for 35 years – and his mysterious manservant Albert – whose cooking can harden an artery at ten paces – but also an incompetent wizard with a talking doorknocker and a beautiful, but rather bad-tempered and dead, princess. With the reality now too small for Albert's spell, Mort and Ysabell save Keli and Cutwell from being destroyed with the alternate reality.Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. Folio commissioned Hokyoung Kim for the artwork, while the late author’s wife, Wendy Benchley, provides a fascinating new introduction. New York Times bestselling author Terry Pratchett makes Death a central character in Mort, his fourth sojourn to Discworld, the fantasy cosmos where even the angel of darkness needs some assistance.

His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. Later on, Death assigns Mort to collect the soul of Princess Keli, daughter of the murdered king, but he instead kills the assassin the Duke had sent after her. First Edition thus, with illustrated title, 7 coloured plates and pictorial endpapers; black flock cloth, upper board with mounted illustration (repeated from text), backstrip lettered in silver, printed endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case. Discworld' is Pratchett's comic fantasy series, set on the flat planet Discworld, which is balanced on the backs of four elephants, who in turn are said to stand on the back of a giant turtle.Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome. In an eye catching dust wrapper by British commercial artist, Josh Kirby, who is best known for designing the covers for all of Pratchett's 'Discworld' novels. Mort, like many teenagers, is gangly, unpromising, and struggling with a menial job – in his case, as Death’s apprentice. On Terry Pratchett's Discworld, Death really is a 7 foot skeleton in a black hooded robe and wielding a scythe. This is his fourth novel set in fictional land, 'Discworld', with this work focusing on the character 'Death', who had previously been a side character.

Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. Along with this stunning edition Folio also created a limited edition leather bound ’facsimile’ of the very book that Death presents to Mort - this sold out in less than 13 hours. She subsequently employs the wizard Igneous Cutwell, who is able to see her as he is trained to see things that are invisible to normal people (like death) to make her existence clear to the public. After Mort unsuccessfully tries to prevent the assassination, Death warns him that all deaths are predetermined, and that he cannot interfere with fate.

We at Penguin Random House Australia acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians and the first storytellers of the lands on which we live and work. Illustrated by Angie Hoffmeister and with a brilliant new afterword by Donna Tartt, this edition is limited to just 500 copies and has been signed by both contributors. But Mort’s heroism seems to be for naught, since Discworld proceeds as though Keli had been killed, while Death has too much fun drinking and gambling to be any help.

So let's just say that Ankh-Morpork is as full of life as an old cheese on a hot day, as loud as a curse in a cathedral, as bright as an oil slick, as colourful as a bruise and as full of activity, industry, bustle and sheer exuberant busyness as a dead dog on a termite mound. You lie there entirely empty of thought, except for a growing suspicion that heading towards you, like a sockful of damp sand in a nocturnal alleyway, are all the recollections you'd really rather do without, and which amount to the fact that the only mitigating factor in your horrible future is the certainty that it will be quite short. Publisher's original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and white endpapers and paste-downs. Mort and Ysabell – who have fallen in love over the course of the story – get married, and are made Duke and Duchess of Sto Helit by Keli, while Cutwell is made the Master of the Queen's Bedchamber.

As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse and being dead isn't compulsory. Terry Pratchett's Mort is the fourth book in his Discworld series, focusing on Mort, a young man whose father encourages him to find a job, only for Death to choose Mort as an apprentice. As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse - and being dead isn't compulsory. It's a dream job - until Mort falls in love with Death's daughter, Ysabell, and discovers that your boss can be a killer on your love life . Mort later accompanies Death as he travels to collect the soul of the King of Sto Lat, who is due to be assassinated by the scheming Duke of Sto Helit.