Men at Arms: A Novel of Discworld - Hardcover

Pratchett, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061092185 ISBN 13: 9780061092183

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1996

Synopsis

Hoping to retire from the Discworld force in order to become a Gentleman, Captain Vimes of the City Watch learns of an assassin's plot involving the lost prince of Ankh-Morpork, a ring, and an ancient sword. Original.

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Review:

Another wild romp through Discworld! Corporal Carrot, a young dwarf, is newly in charge of the recruits guarding Ankh-Morpork. Edward, the 37th Lord d'Eath, has just discovered that Ankh-Morpork, kingless for generations, has a sovereign ruler, who must be convinced that he is, in fact, the King. The fate of Ankh-Morpork rides on a young man's courage, an ancient sword's magic and a three-legged poodle's bladder.

Review:

"'Funny, wise and mock heroic...The funniest and best crafted book I have read all year'" (Sunday Express)

"'Like Jonathan Swift, Pratchett 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)

"'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'" (Mail on Sunday)

"'The great Terry Pratchett, whose wit is metaphysical, who creates an energetic and lively secondary world, who has a multifarious genius for strong parody ... who deals with death with startling originality. Who writes amazing sentences'" (New York Times)

"'Persistently amusing, good-hearted and shrewd'" (Sunday Times)

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0061092185
• ISBN 13: 9780061092183
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 341