Guards! guards!
a novel of Discworld
by Terry Pratchett
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Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all . . .). Meanwhile, back at Unseen University, an ancient and long-forgotten volume -- The Summoning of Dragons -- is missing from the Library's shelves. To the rescue come Captain Vimes, Constable Carrot, and the rest of the Night Watch who, along with other brave citizens, risk everything, including a good roasting, to dethrone the flying monarch and restore order to Ankh-Morpork (before it's burned to a crisp). A rare tale, well done as only Terry Pratchett can.
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Fiction in Spanish, Discworld (Imaginary Place), Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character), Fiction, Guards troops, Fantasy, Translations into Italian, English fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Discworld (imaginary place), fiction, Carrot (fictitious character : pratchett), fiction, Fiction, humorous, English literature, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)People
Samuel Vimes (Fictitious character), Carrot Ironfoundersson (Fictitious character), Fred Colon (Fictitious character), Nobby Nobbs (Fictitious character), Havelock Vetinari (Fictitious character), Sybil Ramkin (Fictitious character), The Librarian (Fictitious character), Errol (Dragon, Fictitious character), Lupine Wonse (Fictitious character)Showing 9 featured editions. View all 56 editions?
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Originally published: London : Victor Gollancz, 1989.
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Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all ...).
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