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Men at Arms

Discworld, Book 15

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Men at Arms

By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy
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Over 1 million Discworld audiobooks sold – discover the extraordinary universe of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld like never before


'What's so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work's already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place.'

The City Watch needs MEN! But what it's got includes Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), Lance-constable Angua (a woman... most of the time) and Corporal Nobbs (disqualified from the human race for shoving).

And they need all the help they can get, because someone in Ankh-Morpork has been getting dangerous ideas - about crowns and legendary swords, and destiny.

And the problem with destiny is, of course, that she is not always careful where she points her finger. One minute you might be minding your own business on a normal if not spectacular career path, the next you might be in the frame for the big job, like saving the world . . .

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Men At Arms is the second book in the City Watch series.

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

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Critic reviews

'Funny, wise and mock heroic...The funniest and best crafted book I have read all year'

'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'

'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction'

'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'

'Persistently amusing, good-hearted and shrewd'
'This has everything to recommend it...one of his most inventive'
'Pratchett's most intriguing yet'
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I've listened to the Stephen Briggs version of the watch books for years and am DELIGHTED to hear the story anew with this new reader who does a wonderful job with female voices. As far as the story goes I can never fault pratchett, this is my FAVORITE discworld series.

Long time Briggs listener very happy

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A GIFT ! …. The re-recording of Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld is a gift to those of us who have read and reread his books over the years. It almost feels like I am experiencing the stories for the first time.. again! Brilliantly narrated with integrity and flare. Thank you.

Just perfect!

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One of the very best discworld books done justice, very happy with this. Well done

Excellent

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A talented actor who sadly is following Stephen Briggs who did tye watch books perfectly.

I'm sure if whoever had directed this book did a better job then this actor could have used the same accents that Briggs used and given a great reading, but in almost every case this narrator has missed the mark.

this is a shame considering his talent.

I feel bad for the narrator

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I have read all the Pratchett books in hardback as they were published and they form a much loved part of my library. I listen to many books every month and this one has stood out as being terrific fun, yet thought provoking. Beautifully narrated with each character springing to life. My particular favourites are Gaspode and Carrott.
Thank you to everyone involved. I’m off to track down another by the same team if it exists. If not I shall sulk😉😂

Fabulous romp

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