Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31) (Discworld Novels) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31) (Discworld Novels) Book

The Monstrous Regiment in question is made up of a vampire, a troll, Igor, a collection of misfits and a young woman who shoves a pair of socks down her pants to join the army. Here you have the characteristically charming novel by Terry Pratchett. Polly becomes Private Oliver Perks, who is on a quest to find her older brother, who's recently MIA in one of the innumerable wars the tiny nation of Borogravia has a habit of starting with its neighbors. This peevish tendency has all but expended Borogravia's ranks of cannon fodder. Whether Sergeant Jackrum knows her secret or not, he can't afford to be choosy as Perks and her/his comrades are among the last able-bodied recruits left in Borogravia. This collection of misfits includes the aforementioned vampire (reformed and off the blood, thank you), troll, and macabre Igor, who is only too happy to sew you a new leg if you aren't too particular about previous ownership. Off to war, Polly/Oliver learns that having a pair of, um, socks is a good way to open up doors in this man's army.For those who haven't made this underrated author's acquaintance, Monstrous Regiment is as good a place to start as any. Readers will encounter Pratchett's subtle and disarming wit, his trademark footnoted asides along with a not-too-shabby tale of honor, courage and duty in the face of absurd circumstances. --Jeremy Pugh, Amazon.comRead More

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  • Amazon

    Paperback. Pub the Date: October 2011 Pages: 480 in Publisher by: Corgi A sudden burst of nationalism has swept over Polly the Perks causing her to cut off her hair. don her other's clothes and join the local regiment so she can fight for her country. But there's only one problem - she has no idea who she'll be fighting or what she is really fighting for. And why do they want her to have a rolled-up pair of socks anyway War teaches you a lot. she finds. when it turns out that you joined - the Monstrous Regiment.From the Hardcover edition.

  • Play

    '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 braving enemy forces in defence of their country. Then again there's always a war on somewhere even if no-one really knows what it's about. And when money and enthusiasm for it are running very low it might be time to let women make a stand on the battlefield and for their rights...

  • Waterstones

    Women belong in the kitchen - everyone knows that. Not in jobs, pubs or indeed trousers, and certainly not on the front line, braving enemy forces in defence of their country. Then again, there's always a war on somewhere, even if no-one really knows

  • 0552154318
  • 9780552154314
  • Terry Pratchett
  • 26 June 2007
  • Corgi
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 480
  • New Ed
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