Lords and Ladies
by Terry Pratchett
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Talk about your gate crashers: Margrat Garlick is about to have her dream wedding. She is marrying the King. The stuff fairy tales are made of. A faerie tale is what she gets. Every bride's nightmare. The faerie host have decided they would like to crash the festivities and the Queen wants the King for her husband. At least until she's tired of him. It's up to Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, the librarian and a host of others to stop them.
I enjoyed this one, but even Pratchett mentions you need...more
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Read in August, 2005
The conclusion of the loose trilogy formed by Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad. It's often known as the 'Witches' trilogy, but really it could just as easily be known as the 'Magrat' trilogy. It's one that sees her transformation from spinster witch and 'wet hen' to queen of Lancre and a much more independent woman.
Lords and Ladies also has some of the best humour in the series. The scene with Nanny Ogg being seduced by Count Casanunda, dwarf, highwayman, and the world's ...more
Lords and Ladies also has some of the best humour in the series. The scene with Nanny Ogg being seduced by Count Casanunda, dwarf, highwayman, and the world's ...more
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Read in July, 2008
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Shakespeare geeks
Choosing which Discworld I'm going to read when I'm in the mood for one is sometimes tricky. Which of these many books that have no apparent order is next?
When I read the description of this one, however, it was pretty clear. It promised to make a lot of references to Midsummer Night's Dream and fairy creatures. It also featured the witches prominently which I always enjoy.
Can't say as I have much to say about this one - it was clever, it was fun, made me laugh. But I expected as much. The ...more
When I read the description of this one, however, it was pretty clear. It promised to make a lot of references to Midsummer Night's Dream and fairy creatures. It also featured the witches prominently which I always enjoy.
Can't say as I have much to say about this one - it was clever, it was fun, made me laugh. But I expected as much. The ...more
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recommends it for:
Anyone who is annoyed by Tori Amos fans.
One of my favorite Disc World books--I'm a sucker for the witches anyway, and I love the treatment of fairies:
"Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behin...more
"Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behin...more
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Read in August, 2008
Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvelous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamor.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enhancement.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror. ...
No one ever said elves are nice.
Crop circles spring up, and the witches of Lancre know that means one thing - the walls are thinning between universes, and the elves are coming back, just in time for a royal weddin...more
Elves are marvelous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamor.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enhancement.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror. ...
No one ever said elves are nice.
Crop circles spring up, and the witches of Lancre know that means one thing - the walls are thinning between universes, and the elves are coming back, just in time for a royal weddin...more
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i agree wholeheartedly, this is my FAVORITE of the Witch series. I love Granny v Lily in "Witches Abroad," but if you delighted in Mrs. Weasley gettin all Sigourney Weaver on Bellatrix L in the last Harry Potter, YOU'LL LOVE the whole last third of the book. i squirmed with glee as soon as Magrat put on that armor. the principle of a cat in a box being any of 3 various states till you open the box: alive, dead, bloody pissed off is all i know about physics, or need to know.
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Read in January, 1995
There's a Royal wedding in the tiny mountain Kingdom of Lancre. Magrat the Witch is marrying King Verence. The Witches of Lancre meet up with the Wizards of Ankh-Morpork to defeat an invasion of the Elves. With lots of help from Morris Dancers, and even Shawn Ogg, who is the whole of Lancre's standing army, they take on the worst threat to the Disc since, well... probably the last book.
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Read in January, 2006
In a small medieval kingdom on the Discworld the walls are growing thin between the worlds, as the town prepares for the royal wedding. Little do the townsfolk know that the world of the elves is growing closer to their own, and they’re nothing like the glamorous elves that myths have made them out to be. Not one of the best Discworld novels, but certainly in the Top 10.
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Read in May, 2008
Yes, I've read a lot of these now, but they don't get less enjoyable. This one is about the witches and the (evil) elves. It's very funny and jokes with time-space continuums (how people might have lived had they made other choices), how to become royalty, with A Midsummer Night's Dream and comments on how we are easily fooled by glamour and beauty.
Fun!
Fun!
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Read in June, 2008
The fourth of the Discworld witches novels. I liked several bits of this one. The glimpses into the past of the oldest witch Esme Weatherwax. Casanunda, the world's second greatest lover. The awkward relationship between the king and the queen-to-be. The general mythic (or 'myffic') background.
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Read in February, 2008
I love Pratchett's books - especially Discworld but not all Discworld books are created equal. This was by far my most favorite book in the series, that I've read so far. Anyone interested in Discworld, I would recommend the books that pertain to Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. So much fun!
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One of my favorite books of the series, because it has almost all of my favorite characters. Witches and wizards clash heads--and hearts--in typical Discworld style, while the usual denizens of the Disc try just to survive as fantasy gets wildly out of control.
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Read in March, 2008
My favorite Discworld book so far. Great play on Shakespear's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." I love the dynamic between Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg. I'll definitely be reading the rest of the Witches series.
From my personal collection.
From my personal collection.
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This is the first Terry Pratchett book I ever read, and it got me totally hooked. If it wasn't the sarcastic writing, or the critique on our society through not-so-subtle writing...man, I loved it all!!!
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Read in September, 2007
So far, my favorite of the Discworld books. Great antidote for my current boredom with books about the Fae/Faerie/Faerey/Faery/etc. etc. etc.
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Read in April, 2008
for some crazy reason i had a hard time getting into this book - once i got over that i loved it. it was funny and exciting. definitely one of the books i have most enjoyed in the diskworld series.
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
Nanny Ogg fans, anyone who can appricate a great Terry Pratchett induced laugh
just re-listened to this great early Discworld/Witches book. So much funny stuff i'd forgotten. Have i mentioned that my main role model is Nanny Ogg? I really want to be her when i grow old!
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Discworld books have caused me the highest ratio of laughter to word count than any other writing. Pratchett is immensely clever and precise, and his social commentary is magical...
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Read in June, 2008
The Witches and Wizards are not my favorites. But I still like my not-favorite Discworld books more than some other books.
Not sure if I've read this all the way thru before.
Not sure if I've read this all the way thru before.
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Read in January, 1993
3 of Pratchett's novels have been my favorites for quite some time. 2 are Soul Music and Interesting Times. But, it was this one, Lord & Ladies, that forever hooked me.
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