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Monstrous Regiment : a Discworld novel

Polly Perks disguises herself as a boy in order to join the army and go in search of her lost brother.

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  • "Polly Perks disguises herself as a boy in order to join the army and go in search of her lost brother."
  • "Polly Perks disguises herself as a boy in order to join the army and go in search of her lost brother."@en
  • "Running the family inn despite dwindling resources while her brother is away at war, Polly cuts off her hair to join the army and notices that her fellow recruits seem to be hiding secrets of their own."
  • "Running the family inn despite dwindling resources while her brother is away at war, Polly cuts off her hair to join the army and notices that her fellow recruits seem to be hiding secrets of their own."@en
  • "A Discworld novel. 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."
  • "War has come to Discworld again. And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers around the small, arrogantly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its unrelenting aggressiveness. A year ago, Polly Perks's brother marched off to battle, and Polly's willing to resort to drastic measures to find him. So she cuts off her hair, dons masculine garb, and, aided by a well-placed pair of socks, sets out to join this man's army. Since a nation in such dire need of cannon fodder can't afford to be too picky, Polly is eagerly welcomed into the fighting fold along with a vampire, a troll, an Igor, a religious fanatic, and two uncommonly close "friends". It would appear that Polly "Ozzer" Perks isn't the only grunt with a secret. But duty calls, the battlefield beckons. And now is the time for all good "men" to come to the aid of their country."@en
  • "The new Discworld novel It was a sudden, strange fancy ... and now Polly Perks, in her brother's clothes and her hair cut off, has joined up to fight for her country, just like the song says. But who is the enemy? What is she really fighting for? Why does she need a rolled-up pair of socks? War teaches you a lot, she finds, when it turns out that you've joined ... the Monstrous Regiment."
  • "Een kleine groep rekruten, bestaande uit als jongens verklede meisjes, bepaalt de afloop van een oorlog op de Schijfwereld."
  • "It was a sudden strange fancy, and now Polly Perks, in her brother's clothes and her hair cut off, has joined up to fight for her country. But who is the enemy? What is she really fighting for? War teaches you a lot, she finds, when it turns out that you joined the Monstrous Regiment."
  • "Een kleine groep recruten, bestaande uit als jongens verklede meisjes, bepaalt de afloop van een oorlog op de Schijfwereld."
  • "The Monstrous Regiment in question is made up of a vampire (reformed and off the blood, thank you), a troll, Igor (who is only too happy to sew you a new leg if you aren't too particular about previous ownership), a collection of misfits and a young woman discovers that a pair of socks shoved down her pants is a good way to open up doors in a man's army."@en
  • "War has come to Discworld ... again.</ And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers around the small, arrogantly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its unrelenting aggressiveness. A year ago, Polly Perks's brother marched off to battle, and Polly's willing to resort to drastic measures to find him. So she cuts off her hair, dons masculine garb, and -- aided by a well-placed pair of socks -- sets out to join this man's army. Since a nation in such dire need of cannon fodder can't afford to be too picky, Polly is eagerly welcomed into the fighting fold'along with a vampire, a troll, an Igor, a religious fanatic, and two uncommonly close "friends." It would appear that Polly "Ozzer" Perks isn't the only grunt with a secret. But duty calls, the battlefield beckons. And now is the time for all good ... er ... "men" to come to the aid of their country.</"@en
  • "Margot Barette veut devenir un garçon au plus vite. Apprendre à roter en public, marcher comme un primate, n'est pas chose facile. La voilà désormais dans l'armée. Elle recherche son frère disparu. C'est la guerre, et elle s'y retrouve soudain plongée, avec les autres recrues, sans avoir suivi de formation, alors que l'ennemi les pourchasse."
  • "Das bettelarme Borograwien bringt die einzige Grossmacht der Scheibenwelt gegen sich auf, das ferne Ankh-Morpork. Im Tal des Kneck stehen sich die Heere gegenüber, Flüchtlingsströme sind unterwegs, und es ist nur noch eine Frage der Zeit, bis die Allianz der Feinde den Sieg über Borograwien erringt. Da entschliesst sich die junge Polly Perks, heimlich Soldat zu werden, um ihren Bruder Paul aus dem Militär heimzuholen. Und obwohl es in Borograwien streng verboten ist, dass Frauen sich wie Männer kleiden, argwöhnt Polly bald, dass sie nicht der einzige weibliche Soldat ist ... Terry Pratchett, geboren 1948, fand im zarten Alter von 13 Jahren den ersten Käufer für eine seiner Geschichten. Heute zählt der kleine Mann mit dem grossen schwarzen Schlapphut zu den erfolgreichsten Autoren Grossbritanniens und ist einer der populärsten Fantasy-Autoren der Welt. Seit 1983 schreibt er Scheibenwelt-Romane. Inzwischen widmet er sich ganz seiner Schöpfung, und seine Gemeinde wird täglich grösser. Dabei ist er zweifellos der Autor mit dem skurrilsten ehemaligen Beruf: Er war jahrelang Pressesprecher für fünf Atomkraftwerke beim Central Electricity Generating Board. Nach eigener Auskunft hat er nur deshalb noch kein Buch darüber geschrieben, weil es ihm ja doch keiner glauben würde. Seinen Sinn für Realsatire hat der schrille Job jedenfalls geschärft. Von seinen Scheibenwelt-Romanen wurden weltweit rund 65 Millionen Exemplare verkauft, seine Werke sind in 37 Sprachen übersetzt. Für seine Verdienste um die englische Literatur wurde ihm sogar die Ritterwürde verliehen. Umgeben von den modernsten Computern (und so durch ein Stück Schnur mit dem Rest der Welt verbunden) lebt Terry Pratchett mit seiner Frau Lyn in der englischen Grafschaft Wiltshire."

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  • "Anglické romány"
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy novels"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Fantasy"
  • "Fantasy"@en
  • "Powieść fantastyczna angielska"@pl
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  • "Humorous stories"
  • "Fantasy romány"
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"@en
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  • "Monstrous Regiment : a Discworld novel"@en
  • "Podivný regiment"
  • "Monstrous Regiment"
  • "Monstrous Regiment"@en
  • "Monstrous regiment : a discworld novel"
  • "Weiberregiment : ein Scheibenwelt-Roman"
  • "Monstrous regiment"
  • "Monstrous regiment"@en
  • "Weiberregiment ein Scheibenwelt-Roman"
  • "Weiberregiment Ein Scheibenwelt-Roman"
  • "Monstrous regiment : [a Discworld novel]"@en
  • "Le régiment monstrueux"
  • "Le regiment monstrueux"
  • "Potworny regiment"@pl
  • "Monstrous regiment a novel of Discworld"@en
  • "Monstrous regiment : Discworld series book 28"@en
  • "Monstrous regiment : a novel of Discworld"@en
  • "Monstrous regiment : a novel of Discworld"
  • "Monstrous regiment : a novel of discworld"
  • "The monstrous regiment"
  • "Regimiento monstruoso"@es
  • "Regimiento monstruoso"
  • "Monsterlijk regiment"
  • "Monstrous regiment : no. 28 - Discworld series"
  • "Regimiento monstruoso : una novela del mundodisco"
  • "Monstrous regiment [audio book]"

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