Monstrous Regiment (novel)

Monstrous Regiment

First UK edition
Author	Terry Pratchett
Cover artist	Paul Kidby
Language	English
Series	Discworld 31st novel – 6th individual story
Subject	Folk song (especially "Sweet Polly Oliver"), Joan of Arc, Milunka Savić, crossdressing during wartime, the Napoleonic Wars, World War I, Feminism, Characters: Polly Perks, Corporal Strappi, Lt. Blouse, Sgt. Jackrum, Igorina, Sam Vimes
Genre	Fantasy
Set in	Borogravia, Discworld
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	2003
ISBN	0-385-60340-1
Preceded by	The Wee Free Men
Followed by	A Hat Full of Sky

Monstrous Regiment is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 31st novel in his Discworld series. It takes its name from a 16th-century tract by John Knox opposing female rule, titled The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women.

The cover illustration of the British edition, by Paul Kidby, is a parody of Joe Rosenthal's photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Monstrous Regiment was nominated for a Locus Award in 2004.^[1]