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The Fifth Elephant

Discworld, Book 24

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The Fifth Elephant

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Tony Robinson
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About this listen

 Sam Vines is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police, and the ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask). It's snowing. It's freezing. And if he can't make it through the forest to civilization, there's going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They're bright. They're fast. They're werewolves. And they're catching up. Sam Vines is out of time, out of luck, and already out of breath.

The Fifth Elephant is one more installment of Terry Pratchett's Discworld cycle, this time starring dwarfs, diplomacy, intrigue - and big lumps of fat.

©Terry and Lyn Pratchett; (P)Corgi Audio Fantasy Fiction Werewolf Wolf Shifter

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"[Terry Pratchett]'s genius is for pushing logic to such limits that it reels with the shock." ( Daily Telegraph)
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Tony really brings the characters to life. Loved the story and the way Terry wrote

Fabulous abridged story

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Audio was very hissy and quiet but improved slightly half way through. Still and enjoyable story and great narration by Tony Robinson.

Great story and narration, poor audio quality

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Pratchett at his best as always, & sets the scene for the future enjoyment of Discworld

Pratchett

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Love this book. Brilliantly read by Mr Robinson as always. The Pratchett books and Mr Robinson’s readings never disappoint

Great reading

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i usually use these books to fall asleep to as i find tonys voice very relaxing but i had to make sure i listened to this before bed time. enjoyed it very much :)

love it

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Despite what the title picture says, it is read by Tony Robinson which is disappointing. Pratchett's story is as amazing as ever, but let down by Robinson's performance.

Not Stephen Briggs

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I love this version of Terry Prachetts the fifth elephant. It is my favourite book of the Ankh-Morpk series and Tony Tobinson as always lightens up the characters.

delightful

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terrible narrator ruined the book I deleted book 2 chain and got the one with Stephen Briggs deleted

narrator terrible ruins it no chemistry with mai

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It's a good Discworld story, and the narration is fine, but the audio quality is very poor and the volumes are inconsistent from chapter to chapter.

Poor sound quality

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This is an amazing story by an amazing author, read by an amazing actor. Yet it sou ds like it's coming from an old gramophone.

Unnaturally poor audio

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