Lords and Ladies (novel)
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| Terry Pratchett The Discworld series 14th novel – 4th witches story  | |
| 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 0575052236 |
| Paperback ISBN: | ISBN 0552138916 |
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The book is a follow up to Witches Abroad. The witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick return home to the little mountain kingdom of Lancre, to discover that amateur practitioners in magic have weakened the fabric of reality. Elves manage to break through, and they must be defeated.
The plot turns on Magrat's wedding to King Verence II, and her misgivings about it. The climax takes place on the day before the wedding. 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; i.e. one needs to have read the previous two books in the Witches sub-series, viz. Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad, to have a proper understanding of the characters and their relation to each other.
Tagline: It's Midsummer's night. It's no time for dreaming.
Translations
- 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)
- Господа и дамы (Russian)
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