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Lords and Ladies (novel)
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| Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 14th novel – 4th witches story  |
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| Outline | |
| Characters: | Granny Weatherwax Nanny Ogg Magrat Garlick Unseen University staff |
| Locations: | Lancre |
| Motifs: | Shakespeare, UFOs, Fairy lore |
| Publication details | |
| Year of release: | 1992 |
| Original publisher: | Victor Gollancz |
| Hardback ISBN: | ISBN 0-575-05223-6 |
| Paperback ISBN: | ISBN 0-552-13891-6 |
| Other details | |
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Lords and Ladies is the fourteenth Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. It was originally published in 1992.
Contents |
The book is a follow up to Witches Abroad. The witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat return home to the little mountain kingdom of Lancre, where they discover that amateur practitioners of witchcraft have weakened the fabric of fantasy. Elves manage to break through, and must be defeated.
The plot turns on Magrat's wedding to King Verence II, and her misgivings about it. The plot includes several elements of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, and quotes lines from various folk songs about elves. The sub-plot includes the Unseen University wizards, mainly Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully, Ponder Stibbons, the Bursar and the Librarian.
According to Pratchett himself, this is one of the few Discworld novels that cannot stand on its own; one needs to have read the previous two books in the Witches sub-series, Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad, to have a proper understanding of the characters and their relation to each other.
- Господари и господарки (Bulgarian)
- Dámy a pánové (Czech)
- Edele Heren en Dames (Dutch)
- Härrasrahvas (Estonian)
- Herraskaista väkeä (Finnish)
- Nobliaux et Sorcières (French)
- Lords und Ladies (German)
- Herskap og Hekser (Norwegian)
- Panowie i damy (Polish)
- Дамы и господа (Russian)
- Gospoda i Dame (Serbian)
- Lores y Damas (Spanish)
- Herrskap och häxor (Swedish)
- A third possible state for Schrödinger's cat is put forward, which is, "Bloody Furious," in the case of Greebo.
- Annotations at the L-Space Web
- Quotations
- fan film - fan film
| Reading order guide | ||
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| Preceded by Small Gods |
14th Discworld Novel | Succeeded by Men at Arms |
| Preceded by Witches Abroad |
4th Witches Story Published in 1992 |
Succeeded by Maskerade |