Monstrous Regiment: 31st in the 'Discworld' series of books

Pratchett, Terry

ISBN 10: 0552149411 / ISBN 13: 9780552149419

Published by Transworld / Corgi, 2004

About this Item

© 2003: 31st in the 'Discworld' series of books. 1st printing of 2004 paperback edition:- Synopsis: It began as a sudden strange fancy. Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape took more time. And now she's enlisted in the army, and is searching for her lost brother. But there's a war on. There's always a war on. And Polly and her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it, without any training, and the enemy is hunting them. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well. They have the Secret. And as they take the war to the heart of the enemy, they have to use all the resources of. The Monstrous Regiment:- Review(s): "Not since Evelyn Waugh's novel 'Officers And Gentlemen' has conflict faced such thoroughly cutting questioning. A great piece of writing, akin to Jonathan Swift" - Daily Express / "You ride along on his tide of outlandish invention, realizing that you are in the presence of a true original among contemporary writers - a fantasist who loves naff humour and silly names, and yet whose absurd world is, at heart. a serious portrait of the jingoistic fears that keep us at each other's throat's" - The Times / "It's powerful stuff, and one of his best" - Starburst:- (original cost £6.99).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monstrous Regiment: 31st in the 'Discworld' series of books
• Publisher: Transworld / Corgi
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552149411
• ISBN 13: 9780552149419
• Binding: Paperback: 7" x 4¼"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Paul Kidby
• Edition: 2004 Edition
• Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

It began as a sudden strange fancy . . .

Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape took more time . . .

And now she's enlisted in the army, and searching for her lost brother.

But there's a war on. There's always a war on. And Polly and her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it, without any training, and the enemy is hunting them.

All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well . . . They have the Secret. And as they take the war to the heart of the enemy, they have to use all the resources of . . . the Monstrous Regiment.

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