Maskerade

Mummery ( English title: Masquerade ) is the eighteenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. It was published in 1995. Scene of action is the Opera House of Ankh -Morpork. Masquerade is one of the stories of witches why Esme Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg play significant roles. Agnes Nitt is introduced as a major character. It complements the future, after the resignation of Magrat Knobloch, the Lancresche witches trio. The plot closely follows the musical The Phantom of the Opera by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on.

Action

Because of the marriage of King Verence Magrat Knobloch with the former coven of Lancre has disintegrated. Reduced to a duo missing Granny Weatherwax a part to which they can verbally bashing. She falls into a deep identity crisis. Your girlfriend Nanny Ogg is worried and is looking for a new, third witch out. She Agnes Nitt in sight, but has fled to Ankh- Morpork to build a career as an opera singer. Nanny takes a look into the future and is overwhelmed by an ominous vision for Agnes.

Granny Weatherwax discovered, however, that Nanny Ogg, sent and published under the pseudonym A witch from Lancre, her collection of aphrodisiac recipes to a publisher. A look at the edition number and a little mental arithmetic reveals the title " Froide for the palate and niche only for " sold extremely successful. To date, fees paid fee: 2.87 Ankh -Morpork dollars. So time for a trip to the big city to demand a reasonable fee. By the way could it keep an eye on Agnes.

Under the stage name of " Perdita X. " Agnes started her career as a singer at the Opera House. A vocal range of three octaves, the ability to sing a duet with himself and a figure like a Valkyrie, makes it a favorite of music director. The opera house owner has other figurative preferences. A vocally completely untalented blonde, whose father with a generous donation supports the Opera House, is declared a diva. Perdita must project from the second series of her voice to that person and the blonde reap the applause. This little narcissistic injury is more of an annoyance. What is bad is that the opera ghost, who for many years struck the venue as a harmless phenomenon, recently developed obscure preferences for murder and vandalism.

Time to put an end to the nightmare for the three witches. Using the whole, just the driven auteur payment and with the help of the tenor Enrico Basilica manages to solve the puzzle. Although the drive back to Lancre occur initially only the two older witches, but Agnes knows by now what is their destiny and reach the small kingdom a little later, on foot and several kilograms lighter.

Expenditure

  • German: Goldmann, 1997 ISBN 3-442-41593-4
  • As ( Abridged ) Audiobook, spokeswoman Katharina Thalbach, ISBN 3-86604-941-2
  • English: Victor Gollancz 1995, ISBN 0-575-05808-0
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