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 0-575-05223-6
Paperback ISBN:	ISBN 0-552-13891-6
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Lords and Ladies is the fourteenth Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. It was originally published in 1992.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The book is a follow up to Witches Abroad. The witches Granny Weatherwax,Nanny Ogg and Magrat return home to the little river kingdom of Lancre, whereupon they discover that amateur practitioners of witchcraft have weakened the fabric of fantasy. 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: There's no time for dreaming on this midsummers night.

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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)

[edit] Trivia

A third possible state for Schrödinger's cat is put forward, which is, "Bloody Furious," in the case of Greebo.

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Reading Order Guide

Preceded by Small Gods	14^th Discword Novel	Succeeded by Men at Arms
Preceded by Witches Abroad	4^th Witches Story Published in 1992	Succeeded by Maskerade

Terry Pratchett's Discworld (Portal)

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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