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In an email received on the 3 July 2014 from the Discworld Emporium a 5th Tiffany Aching novel was reported:
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|coauthors=several
|illustrator=Paul Kidby
|date=27 Aug, 2015
|publisher=Doubleday
|isbn=0857534815
|pages=343
|rrp=£20.00
|series=Tiffany Series
|characters=[[Tiffany Aching]]
|annotations=yes
|notes=The forty-first Discworld novel
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Released on Thursday 27th August 2015.


''NEW BOOK ANNOUNCED! - On Tuesday Terry confirmed via Twitter that he is in the midst of writing a 5th Tiffany Aching Novel, stating that "we don't know when it will be published because we don't know when it will be finished" and that "Yes. Granny is definitely in it". Along with hundreds of thousands of Discworld fans, we've been floating on a cloud of elation ever since, eagerly awaiting the return of our favourite Wee Hag.''
==Publisher's Blurb:==
A SHIVERING OF WORLDS


A note from Penguin Random House on Mar 12, 2015 states that "he completed his last book, a new Discworld novel, in the summer of 2014, before succumbing to the final stages of the disease".
Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.


The Toronto Star (an unlikely but usually reliable source) says the title is to be ''The Shepherd’s Crown''. This title was confirmed by an announcement by Transworld Publishers in the U.K. and they have told the Guardian that there is not set date as of the 18th of March 2015.
This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.


As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.


There will be a reckoning . . .


{{death|the final discworld novel}}


[[Category:Discworld Series]]
==Main Characters==
[[Category:Tiffany Series]]
*[[Tiffany Aching]]
[[Category:Children's books]]
*[[Queen of the Elves|Nightshade]]
*[[Peaseblossom]]
*[[Geoffrey Swivel]]
*[[Esme Weatherwax]]
 
==Other Characters ==
*[[Joe Aching]]
*The [[Chalk Hill Clan]]
*[[Death]]
*[[Letice Earwig]]
*[[Magrat Garlick]]
*[[Jeannie]]
*[[Letitia Keepsake]]
*[[McTavish]]
*[[Mephistopheles]]
*[[Of the Lathe the Swarf]]
*The [[King of the Elves]]
*[[Gytha Ogg]]
*[[Preston]]
*[[Eunice Proust]]
*[[Mustrum Ridcully]]
*[[Roland]]
*[[Laughing Boy Sideways]]
*[[Perspicacia Tick]]
*[[You]]
 
==Extra Content==
*'The Witches of Discworld bonus content' by [[Jacqueline Simpson]], only available in the ebook version.
*‘Doing As You Would Bee Done By’ by Terry Pratchett in Slipcase Collector's Edition.
*Four commentaries on the folklore of the book by Jacqueline Simpson in Deluxe Collector's or 'Gold' Edition.
*Map of [[the Chalk]] in 2017 Gift Edition.
*Spot illustrations in 2017 paperback edition by Laura Ellen Anderson.
 
==Gallery==
{|
|-
| valign="top" | [[File:tsc.jpg|120px|thumb|First Edition Cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]]
| valign="top" | [[File:TSCSlip.jpg|thumb|120px|Collectors Edition]]
| valign="top" | [[File:TSCGold.png|thumb|120px|Deluxe Collectors Edition]]
| valign="top" | [[File:TSCUS.jpg|thumb|120px|US Cover]]
| valign="top" | [[File:TSCUS Extract.jpg|thumb|120px|Extract Sampler]]
| valign="top" | [[File:TSC CD.jpg|thumb|140px|Audio CD]]
| valign="top" | [[File:TSC Mid.jpg|thumb|110px|Midnight Flyer]]
|}
{|
|-
| valign="top" | [[File:TSC PromoKey.jpg|thumb|150px|Promotional Keychain]]
| valign="top" | [[File:TSC PromoBag.jpg|thumb|120px|Promotional Tote Bag]]
| valign="top" | [[File:TSC Gift.jpg|thumb|120px|Gift Edition 2017]]
| valign="top" | [[File:TSC YA Cover.jpg|thumb|120px|Paperback 2017 by Laura Ellen Anderson]]
|}
 
==External links==
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/terry-pratchett-wanted-different-ending-shepherds-crown/  ''Neil Gaiman reveals the real ending Terry Pratchett wanted for The Shepherd's Crown'']
 
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{{series|series=Tiffany|before=I Shall Wear Midnight|after=}}
 
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[[Category:Tiffany Series|Shepherd's Crown, The]]
[[Category:Children's books|Shepherd's Crown, The]]

Revision as of 21:55, 1 April 2020

The Shepherd's Crown
Cover art by Paul Kidby
Co-author(s) several
Illustrator(s) Paul Kidby
Publisher Doubleday
Publication date 27 Aug, 2015
ISBN 0857534815
Pages 343
RRP £20.00
Main characters Tiffany Aching
Series Tiffany Series
Annotations View
Notes The forty-first Discworld novel
All data relates to the first UK edition.

Released on Thursday 27th August 2015.

Publisher's Blurb:

A SHIVERING OF WORLDS

Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.

This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.

As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.

There will be a reckoning . . .

the final discworld novel


Main Characters

Other Characters

Extra Content

  • 'The Witches of Discworld bonus content' by Jacqueline Simpson, only available in the ebook version.
  • ‘Doing As You Would Bee Done By’ by Terry Pratchett in Slipcase Collector's Edition.
  • Four commentaries on the folklore of the book by Jacqueline Simpson in Deluxe Collector's or 'Gold' Edition.
  • Map of the Chalk in 2017 Gift Edition.
  • Spot illustrations in 2017 paperback edition by Laura Ellen Anderson.

Gallery

First Edition Cover by Paul Kidby
Collectors Edition
Deluxe Collectors Edition
US Cover
Extract Sampler
Audio CD
Midnight Flyer
Promotional Keychain
Promotional Tote Bag
Gift Edition 2017
Paperback 2017 by Laura Ellen Anderson

External links


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