Monstrous Regiment

#31 Discworld

Terry Pratchett

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Corgi
01 April 2014

Fantasy; Magic; Humorous Fantasy; Mythological Creatures, People & Places; Witches & Wizards

Series: Discworld Novels

In the thirty-first Discworld novel the Discworld goes to war

'You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realising that you are in the presence of a true original'

The Times

The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .

'Trousers. That's the secret...

Put on trousers and the world changes. We walk different. We act different. I see these girls and I think- idiots! Get yourself some trousers!'

Women belong in the kitchen - everyone knows that. Not in jobs, pubs or indeed trousers, and certainly not on the front line.

Nonetheless, Polly Perks has to become a boy in a hurry if she wants to find her missing brother in the army. Cutting off her hair and wearing the trousers is easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape takes more time.

There's a war on.

There's always a war on, and Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of it.

All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee.

It's time to make a stand.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone novel.

By: Terry Pratchett
Imprint: Corgi
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 31
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9780552167673
ISBN 10: 0552167673
Series: Discworld Novels
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 01 April 2014
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Terry Pratchett is the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he is the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he is the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. After falling out with his keyboard, he now talks to his computer. Occasionally, these days, it answers back. www.terrrypratchett.co.uk @terryandrob

Reviews for Monstrous Regiment (#31 Discworld)

Like Jonathan Swift, Prachett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own, and like Swift he is a satirist of enormous talent... incredibly funny... compulsively readable. -- The Times