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A Tourist Guide to Lancre

A Tourist Guide to Lancre

A Discworld Map
Fantasy
Pages
32
Published
1998
Language
English

Synopsis

An illustrated map and guide to Lancre, the small mountain kingdom that is home to Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and the Lancre witches. Annotated with locations from the Lancre-set novels, the guide provides geographic and cultural context for one of the Discworld's most distinctive settings. Created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs, with artwork by Paul Kidby.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

InformativeAtmosphericWhimsical
Portal Fantasy

Genres

Fantasy

Authors

T
Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) was an English author best known for the Discworld series, a sequence of forty-one comic fantasy novels set on a flat world carried through space on the backs of four elephants standing on a giant turtle. Across four decades, the Discworld grew from a parody of sword-and-sorcery fantasy into one of the most sustained works of social satire in English literature, examining politics, religion, science, gender, race, capitalism, and the nature of stories themselves. Pra...

Frequently asked questions

  • What is A Tourist Guide to Lancre?

    A companion map and guide to the kingdom of Lancre, home of the Lancre witches in the Discworld series. Co-created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs with artwork by Paul Kidby, first published in 1998.

  • Who is Paul Kidby?

    Paul Kidby became the primary Discworld illustrator after Josh Kirby's death in 2001, creating the covers for many later Discworld novels. He worked closely with Pratchett on several companion books.

  • Which novels does this guide relate to?

    Primarily the Witches sub-series set in Lancre: Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Lords and Ladies, Maskerade, and Carpe Jugulum, as well as the Tiffany Aching novels.