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Monstrous Regiment
- Discworld, Book 31
- Narrated by: Katherine Parkinson, Bill Nighy, Peter Serafinowicz
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The audiobook of Monstrous Regiment is narrated by Katherine Parkinson, star of The IT Crowd and Here We Go. BAFTA and Golden Globe award-winning actor Bill Nighy (Love Actually; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) reads the footnotes, and Peter Serafinowicz (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; Shaun of the Dead) stars as the voice of Death. Featuring a new theme tune composed by James Hannigan.
'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. For a start, women belong in the kitchen - not in jobs, pubs, or indeed trousers. And certainly not on the front line.
Polly Perks has to become a boy in a hurry if she wants to find her missing brother in the army. Cutting off her hair and wearing the trousers is easy. Going to war however, is not.
Polly and her fellow raw recruits are suddenly in the thick of a losing battle. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army and a vampire with a lust for coffee.
It's time to make a stand.
The first book in the Discworld series-The Colour of Magic-was published in 1983. Some elements of the Discworld universe may reflect this.
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- Princess Peech
- 05-08-23
Reader does a great job
One of my favorite Pratchett books, so had high expectations. I was impressed by Katherine Parkinson’s performance.
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- Helie
- 22-09-23
A great rendition of a great book
Thought provoking, moving, and wonderfuly read. A great version of a great book abd a true credit to Terry.
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- Tom Johnson
- 16-08-24
brilliant voice acting from Katherine parkinson
original story with some great twists, Terry pratchet always has strong female characters. a bit of a fresh story if you have listened to previous books
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- Kim Lewin
- 16-06-23
Perfection
A brilliant story brought to life by the amazing Katherine Parkinson. Could not have asked for a better voice to tell this story!
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- Peck25
- 18-05-23
More great storytelling
Terry Pratchett writes another great story, and it is very well performed by Katherine Parkinson.
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- Edmund
- 01-08-23
Excellent
Intricately worded and full of real and engrossing characters. The end has a lot of characters to juggle so it's a shame Mal and Car get left out of the climax.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-05-24
Monstrously good
Big fan of Discworld, and have the original recordings (all but one (grumbles to oneself)), this is the first of the new recordings I have listened to and it did not fail to impress. Great story, great narration. Why are you still reading this, go buy now!!
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- Carlie Stewart
- 07-07-24
Women!
I really thought I knew where this story was going but I was amazed of where it ended.
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- R. Macmahon
- 17-11-24
Loved it
Superb narration by Katherine Parkinson and a wonderful, underrated Pratchett. Themes of war, gender roles, religion, nationalism, all wrapped up in a neat and hilarious tale.
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- LittleBowPeep92
- 20-06-23
What a story
Everything is just perfect. I initially wasn’t sure in this story but 30 minutes in and I was obsessed. What a bloody good story. This has probably skyrocketed to one of my top TP books!
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