I adore Sir Derek Jacobi, Dame Maggie, and Celia Imrie not only for their exquisite vocal dexterity and precision, but for the mellifluous timbres they have. The great thing about good British theatrical training is the command of nuance and subtlety, and control of the timbre of the voice. Since the sensory shifts included increasing sensitivity to sounds, most gravelly voices, when their owners can't modulate the timbre much, are not something I can listen to comfortably. As my sensory status shifted and reading became uncomfortable, I had to migrate to audiobooks for most things. I didn't grow up with the growly-voiced blokes reading these stories to me, I read them myself. Prefatory note: I came to audiobooks only a few years ago, and I'm in my 50s. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.ĥ stars has come to mean 'did not disappoint', but it leaves nowhere to go for 'vaulted so far past my best hopes that my delight in this already-magnificent work has been multiplied.' I would like to give it 7 stars, or 10. The first book in the Discworld series – The Colour of Magic – was published in 1983. Wyrd Sisters is the second book in the Witches series, but you can listen to the Discworld novels in any order. Particularly when the blood on your hands just won't wash off. But even she finds that meddling in royal politics is a lot more complicated than certain playwrights would have you believe.

Granny Weatherwax is the most highly regarded of the leaders they don't have. Witches don't have these kinds of leadership problems themselves - in fact, they don't have leaders. A child heir and the royal crown, both missing. A king cruelly murdered, his throne usurped by his ambitious cousin. Three witches gathered on a lonely heath. 'Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy ( Love Actually Pirates of the Caribbean Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz ( Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. The audiobook of Wyrd Sisters is narrated by Indira Varma ( Game of Thrones Luther This Way Up).

Wyrd sisters by terry pratchett