The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Monstrous Regiment is a standalone. As Polly closely guards her secret, she notices that her fellow recruits seem to be guarding secrets of their own.Ī novel that explores the inanity of war, the ins and outs of sexual politics, and why often the best man for the job is a woman, Monstrous Regiment is vintage Pratchett in top form. So the resourceful Polly cuts off her hair and joins the army as a young man named Oliver. Her beloved brother Paul marched off to war almost a year ago, but it has been more than two months since his last letter home, and the news from the front is bad: the fighting has reached the border, supplies are dwindling, and the brave Borogravians are losing precious ground. Polly has taken over the lion's share of responsibility for the running of her family's humble inn, The Duchess. The homes and businesses throughout the duchy of Borogravia limp along, doing the best they can without their men, sent to fight their age-old enemy. The 31st entry in Sir Terry Pratchett's internationally bestselling Discworld series about the art of war and the brave women who wage it. nothing short of brilliant.' - Publishers Weekly (starred review) His young adult novel, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie Medal, and Where's My Cow, his Discworld book for readers of all ages, was a New York Times bestseller. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.'Wickedly satirical. Sir Terry Pratchett was the internationally bestselling author of more than thirty books, including his phenomenally successful Discworld series. '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.

All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee. Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of a losing battle. Cutting off her hair and wearing the trousers is easy. Polly Perks has to become a boy in a hurry if she wants to find her missing brother in the army. For a start, women belong in the kitchen - not in jobs, pubs, or indeed trousers. In Monstrous Regiment, this indicates transforming his satirists sensibility on sexism, religion, national politics, journalism and of course the army life, a life in which the fact on the ground bears really little similarity to the patriotism as well as nationalism espoused by those prosecuting the battle. '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.

Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett