Maskerade (by Terry Pratchett)

I’m re-reading - gradually - through Terry Pratchett’s lengthy ‘Discworld’ series, and reached the eighteenth novel, ‘Maskerade’.  I recalled quite enjoying this one when I read it before; the last time was in 2006. Despite it being over fourteen years ago, I even remembered some of the story. However that’s probably because it’s loosely based on the classic ‘Phantom of the Opera’.

The unfortunately named Agnes Nitt is really the star of this book, in a low-key kind of way. Agnes comes from ...