Men at Arms

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Terry Pratchett
The Discworld series
15th novel – 2nd City Watch story
Outline
Characters: The City Watch
Havelock Vetinari
Locations: Ankh-Morpork
Motifs: Cop novels
Publication details
Year of release: 1993
Original publisher: Victor Gollancz
Hardback ISBN: ISBN 0-575-05503-0
Paperback ISBN: ISBN 0-552-14028-7
Other details
Awards:
Notes: Adapted as a play by Stephen Briggs.
For the novel by Evelyn Waugh, see Sword of Honour. For a type of soldiers, see Man-at-arms.

Men at Arms is the 15th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett first published in 1993. It is the second novel about the City Watch.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Edward d'Eath, scion of a down-and-out noble family, is determined to track down the lost heir to Ankh-Morpork's throne, and place him as leader, no matter how many people he has to take out to do it.

Meanwhile, Captain Samuel Vimes, commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, is confronted by new problems. About to be married to Sybil Ramkin, richest woman in Ankh-Morpork, he's got to deal with the Watch's new recruits first: a dwarf and a troll, representatives of two races involved in a grudge so old it doesn't need excuses anymore, and a...woman who is, most of the time, human. He's also got to figure out who stole a mysterious device from the Ankh-Morpork Assassin's Guild, and who's been committing a string of gruesome, seemingly random murders.

  • Въоръжени мъже (Bulgarian)
  • Muži ve zbrani (Czech)
  • Te wapen (Dutch)
  • Relvis mehed (Estonian)
  • Vartiosto valmiina palvelukseen (Finnish)
  • Le Guet des Orfèvres (French), the 36 Quai des Orfèvres is one of the addresse of Paris's Prefecture of Police
  • Helle Barden (German) (Meaning "bright (clever) bards", though "Hellebarde" means halberd)
  • אנשי המשמר (Hebrew) ("Anshey Hamishmar", Meaning "Guard Men (literally: Men of the Guard)")
  • Uomini d-arme (Italian)
  • Zbrojni (Polish)
  • К оружию! К оружию! (Russian) (Meaning To Arms! To Arms!)
  • Oružane snage (Serbian)
  • Hombres de armas (Spanish)
  • En man på sin vakt (Swedish)

Reading Order Guide
Preceded by
Lords and Ladies		 15th Discword Novel Succeeded by
Soul Music
Preceded by
Guards! Guards!		 2nd City Watch Story
Published in 1993		 Succeeded by
Theatre of Cruelty
Terry Pratchett's Discworld
v • d • e
Novels:

The Colour of Magic – The Light Fantastic – Equal Rites – Mort – Sourcery – Wyrd Sisters – Pyramids – Guards! Guards! – Eric – Moving Pictures – Reaper Man – Witches Abroad – Small Gods – Lords and Ladies – Men at Arms – Soul Music – Interesting Times – Maskerade – Feet of Clay – Hogfather – Jingo – The Last Continent – Carpe Jugulum – The Fifth Elephant – The Truth – Thief of Time – The Last Hero – The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents – Night Watch – The Wee Free Men – Monstrous Regiment – A Hat Full of Sky – Going Postal – Thud! – Wintersmith – Making Money - I Shall Wear Midnight
Short Stories:

Troll Bridge – Theatre of Cruelty – The Sea and Little Fishes – Death and What Comes Next
Other books:

The Discworld Companion – The Science of Discworld – The Science of Discworld II: The Globe – The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch – The Pratchett Portfolio – The Art of Discworld – The Unseen University Challenge – The Wyrdest Link – The Streets of Ankh-Morpork – The Discworld Mapp – A Tourist Guide to Lancre – Death's Domain – Nanny Ogg's Cookbook – The Discworld Almanak – Where's My Cow? – The Unseen University Cut Out Book – The Discworld Diaries – Once More* With Footnotes
Games:

The Colour of Magic – Discworld – Discworld 2 – Discworld MUD – Discworld Noir – GURPS Discworld – Thud
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