The Fifth Elephant - The Discworld¬ Series

Fifth book of the original and best CITY WATCH series, now reinterpreted in BBC's The Watch'Precisely balanced . . . a cracking comic thriller' The TimesThe Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . 'Well, he thought, so this is diplomacy. It's lying, only for a better class of people. They say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That mastering it is a lifetime's work. But you do need a certain inclination in that direction. It's not something you can just pick up on the job. A few days ago Sam Vimes was a copper - an important copper, true - chief of police - but still, at his core, a policeman. But today he is an ambassador - to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Today, Sam Vimes is also a man on the run. At some point during his ambassadorship, things went very wrong. It's snowing. It's freezing. And if Vimes can't make it through the forest, with only his wits and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask), there's going to be a terrible war. There are monsters on his trail. They're bright. They're fast. They're werewolves - and they're catching up.

ISBN:	9780552167628
Publisher:	Transworld
Imprint:	Corgi Books
Published date:	10 Oct 2013
DEWEY:	823.92
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	463
Weight:	318g
Height:	198mm
Width:	130mm
Spine width:	29mm

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