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‘IT WAS SO MUCH EASIER TO BLAME IT ON THEM. IT WAS BLEAKLY DEPRESSING TO THINK THAT THEY WERE US.’
War is brewing on the Discworld.
An island has appeared from the ocean depths, right in the middle of the sea which separates the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork. Of course, no one would dream of starting a war with the neighbours without a perfectly good reason . . . such as a ‘strategic’ piece of old rock, for instance.
But when a Klatchian Prince is almost assassinated, peace talks break down and violent nationalism begins to spread. Ankh-Morpork prepares to fight. Only thing is, they don’t have an army. Or much in the way of weapons.
Commander Sam Vimes and the ‘officially disbanded’ City Watch get caught up in a deadly political game where the enemy appears to be on both sides and no one will listen to reason.
And if they don’t stop this absurd war, no one will . . .
‘Generous, amusing and the ideal boarding point for those who have never visited Discworld’ Sunday Telegraph
Jingo is the fourth book in the City Watch series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order.
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Discworld novels starring the City Watch: Guards! Guards! Men At Arms Jingo Feet of Clay The Fifth Elephant Night Watch Thud! Snuff
Welcome to Discworld
Meet Commander Sam Vimes and the City Watch
Sam Vimes is an old-fashioned copper. He, and the City Watch he commands, started in the gutter (one outside a pub), and Vimes takes care not to forget it, wearing extra thin boots so he can feel the streets of his city as he proceeds along them, cigar in hand, gimlet eyes peeled not just for crime, which being extremely cynical he suspects everyone of, but also injustice, which makes him very angry.
The Discworld books can be read in any order, but this is a particularly good place to start.
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After this, dragons will never be the same again. “What’s so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone?” Commander Vimes faces unpleasant foes… and that’s just the people on his side. Who can you trust when all the clues point the wrong way?
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“So this is diplomacy. It’s lying, only for a better class of people.” “Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come round again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.” If Vimes doesn’t solve the murder of one dwarf, it’s war. Vimes is on holiday. So of course, being a policeman, he finds a corpse on day one.
ASIN : B003RRY5VI
Publisher : Transworld Digital (1 Dec. 2009)
Language : English
File size : 5329 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
Print length : 387 pages
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