She is part of a coven with her old friend Nanny Ogg and a younger witch Magrat, the trio serving as a parody of the three witches from Macbeth, as well as a play on the archetype of the Crone, the Mother, and the Maiden. It is also the second book to focus on the Witches, reintroducing Granny Weatherwax, who first appeared in Equal Rites. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett is the sixth book in the Discworld series. But even she found that meddling in royal politics was a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe, particularly when the blood on your hands just won’t wash off and you’re facing a future with knives in it… Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn’t have. Witches don’t’ have these kind of dynastic problems themselves – in fact, they don’t have leaders. A child heir and the crown of the kingdom both missing… A king cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. Three witches gathered on a lonely heath.
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