Jingo (1997) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Sam Vimes: Commander of the City Watch, Duke of Ankh-Morpork
• 71-Hour Ahmed: D'Reg, and prime suspect
• Carrot Ironfounderson: Captain of the City Watch, second in command, human raised by dwarfs
• Havelock Vetinari: Patrician/ruler of Ankh-Morpork
• Leonard of Quirm: Genius artist and inventor kept captive by Lord Vetinari
• Nobby Nobbs: Corporal in the City Watch
• Fred Colon: Sergeant in the City Watch
• Samuel Vimes: Commander Sir Samuel Vimes is a copper through and through.
• Mr. Jenkins: Add a description of this character.
• Lady Sybil: Lady Sybil Ramikin is Sam Vimes' high born wife, and a highly practical sort. She is heavily invested in dragon breeding.
• Ossie
• Beti
• Jabbar
• Mrs. Cake: Don't ask us about Mrs. Cake.
• Prince Cadram
• Mrs. Spent: Grumpy-landlady who insists on money in advance. No women, no pets.
• Angua
• Mr. Goriff
• Downey
• Jackson
• Dorfl: Constable Dorfl is the first free Golumn, and first Golumn member of the watch. He owns himself, and operates via the receipt which is inside his head.
• Willildns
• Angrua
• Tacticus
• Corporal Nobbs: The only member of the watch that has to carry a note to prove he is human.
• Homett
• Mr. Slant
• Mr. Burleigh
• Reg Shoe
• Times
• Wazir
• Bana

Quotes edit see section history

• “Vimes's grin was as funny as the one that moves very fast towards drowning men. And has a fin on top.”

• “Taxation, gentlemen, is very much like dairy farming. The task is to extract the maximum amount of milk with the minimum of moo. And I am afraid to say that these days all I get is moo.”

  Lord Vetinari

• “Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”

• “One o'clock pee em! Hello, Insert Name Here!”

  The Dis-Organiser

• “Oh, history," said Lord Selachii. "That's all in the past!”

  Lord Selachii

• “After the first battle of Sto Lat, I formulated a policy which has stood me in good stead in other battles. It is this: if the enemy has an impregnable stronghold, see he stays there.”

  Vimes, quoting the works of General Tacticus

• “The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.”

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• Sergeant Colon had had a broad education. He’d been to the School of My Dad Always Said, the College of It Stands to Reason, and was now a postgraduate student at the University of What Some Bloke In the Pub Told Me.

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• After all, when you seek advice from someone it’s certainly not because you want them to give it. You just want them to be there while you talk to yourself.

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• It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone’s fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I’m one of Us. I must be. I’ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We’re always one of Us. It’s Them that do the bad things.

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• “It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country,” he read. “This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.”

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• the intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.

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• Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way.

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• Odd thing, ain’t it…you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls.”

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• 71-hour Ahmed was not superstitious. He was substitious, which put him in a minority among humans. He didn’t believe in the things everyone believed in but which nevertheless weren’t true. He believed instead in the things that were true in which no one else believed. There are many such substitions, ranging from “It’ll get better if you don’t pick at it” all the way up to “Sometimes things just happen.”

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• This is Mine, and that is Yours. Trespass on Mine, and you’ll get Yours.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Ankh-Morpork
• Klatch: A large multi-ethnic empire rimwards to turnwise of the Circle Sea. It resembles medieval Arabic states, and has a political system similar to the Ottoman Empire.
• Al Khali: The capital of Klatch. Popularly known as 'the Gateway to the mysterious continent of Klatch'
• Hersheba: Outlying region of Klatch.
• Syrrit: Outlying region of Klatch.
• Leshp: An island which had been submerged under the Circle Sea for centuries, and rises to the surface of said body of water.
• Lord Rust
• Boat
• Morporldan

Organizations edit see section history

• Ankh-Morpork City Watch: Add a description of this organization.
• The Council of Guilds

First Sentence edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Hogfather, and followed by The Last Continent.

Preceded by Feet of Clay, and followed by The Fifth Elephant.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Terry Pratchett (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Andreas Brandhorst (Translator) - (German)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 823.914

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Authors, A-Z › ( P ) › Pratchett, Terry
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Series
• Books › Literature & Fiction

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• Terry Pratchett Books

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