The Fifth Elephant: (Discworld Novel 24) (City Watch, #5) (Discworld, #24)

by Terry Pratchett

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They say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That its finest practitioners are subtle, sophisticated individuals for whom nuance and subtext are meat and drink. And that mastering it is a lifetime's work. But you do need a certain inclination in that direction. It's not something you can just pick up on the job. Which is a shame if you find yourself dropped unaccountably into a position of some significant diplomatic responsibility. If you don't really do diplomacy or haven't been to school with the right foreign bigwigs or aren't even sure whether a nod is as good as a wink to anyone, sighted or otherwise, then things are likely to go wrong. It's just a question of how badly...
  • ISBN10 0552154229
  • ISBN13 9780552154222
  • Publish Date 6 November 2008 (first published 1 November 1999)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 8 April 2015
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • Imprint Corgi Books
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 464
  • Language English