Pyramids

(Discworld Novel 7)

De: Terry Pratchett

Narrado por: Alfred Enoch, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz

Brought to you by Penguin.

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The audiobook of Pyramids is narrated by Alfred Enoch, known for playing Dean Thomas in the Harry Potter film series, and Wes Gibbins in How To Get Away With Murder. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.

'"LOOK AFTER THE DEAD," SAID THE PRIESTS, "AND THE DEAD WOULD LOOK AFTER YOU."'

Young Prince Teppic is sent far away from his desert homeland to the city of Ankh-Morpork for the best education money can buy. Which just so happens to be at the Assassins' Guild.

But when Teppic's father dies suddenly, fate takes him away from assassination to something far more unsavoury: politics. Teppic returns home to the small, penniless kingdom of Djelibeybi to take his place as ruler.

It isn't easy, being a teenage pharaoh. As tradition dictates, the new king must build a monumental pyramid to honour his dead father. But this one might just bankrupt the kingdom, and warp the very fabric of time and space itself...

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Pyramids is a standalone.

The first book in the Discworld series - The Colour of Magic - was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.

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'The best kind of parody - funny and smart and still a good story'

Warm & wonderful voice to a hugely entertaining story

I can always tell who's talking, and whether it's an internal voice or not. He's not such a total wizard as, say, Sir Derek Jacobi, but very few are. His voice is so pleasant in every character that, after hearing it through a few times, I've added this book to the short list of books to listen to while drifting off to sleep. (Alongside books read by Sir Derek Jacobi.)

Good world building

Charming story and interesting characters. A bit of tension, too. Overall good. One character repeated his lines way to much, but while I could see it was necessary, it was quite annoying.

wonderful

wonderful as usual Terry Pratchett can always be relied on. enjoyed Bill Nighy's brief contributions

The assassin of Egypt

Great book. A fun time to be had. The characters you fall in love with only in this one book.

Charioteer of the Wagon of the Book, Steersman of the Barque of the Book, Guardian of the Secret Story, Lord of...

Enoch is one of the better voice actors in the re-recordings - he reads the narration playfully, like he's actually enjoying the wordplay of Ptrachett's work. He also has quite consistent voices for the different characters, and each voice really shows off the characters' personalities.

His Dios in particular is a very interesting take on the character. The way Enoch voices him makes him an ambiguous moral character and a tragic figure throughout the book, without the clear evil of a Vorbis.