Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31)
Sep 2008 · Random House
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'That's the trouble about the good guys and the bad guys! They're all guys!'
In the small yet aggressive country of Borogravia, there are strict rules citizens must follow. For a start, women belong in the kitchen - not in jobs, pubs, or indeed trousers. And certainly not on the front line.
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. Going to war however, is not.
Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of a losing battle. 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.
'You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realising that you are in the presence of a true original' The Times
The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone.
In the small yet aggressive country of Borogravia, there are strict rules citizens must follow. For a start, women belong in the kitchen - not in jobs, pubs, or indeed trousers. And certainly not on the front line.
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. Going to war however, is not.
Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of a losing battle. 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.
'You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realising that you are in the presence of a true original' The Times
The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone.
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4.7
149 reviews
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November 15, 2012
The story is fantastic. The ebook however is not. It's badly formatted, there's at least one major illustration missing, and the notes and contents bookmarks have been completely mucked up. Whoever reformatted this as an ebook should be fired. I haven't got my full money's worth with part of the contents missing! This book needs correcting as it's a bloody mess! Fix this book or refund till you do!
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March 14, 2014
An off moment for Sir TP . Thankfully the only one so far. We all have "off days"
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HJ Ellison
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January 1, 2023
brilliant story, full of fun and common sense which is sadly less common in the real world.
About the author
Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series, the first of which, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. In all, he was the author of over fifty bestselling books which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.
www.terrypratchettbooks.com
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