I SHALL WEAR
MIDNIGHT
Terry Pratchett
DOUBLEDAY
Contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
By Terry Pratchett
Chapter 1: A Fine Big Wee Laddie
Chapter 2: Rough Music
Chapter 3: Those Who Stir In Their Sleep
Chapter 4: The Real Shilling
Chapter 5: The Mother Of Tongues
Chapter 6: The Coming Of The Cunning Man
Chapter 7: Songs In The Night
Chapter 8: The King’s Neck
Chapter 9: The Duchess And The Cook
Chapter 10: The Melting Girl
Chapter 11: The Bonfire Of The Witches
Chapter 12: The Sin O’ Sins
Chapter 13: The Shaking Of The Sheets
Chapter 14: Burning The King
Chapter 15: A Shadow And A Whisper
Epilogue: Midnight By Day
Glossary
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12. WITCHES ABROAD
13. SMALL GODS
14. LORDS AND LADIES
15. MEN AT ARMS
16. SOUL MUSIC
17. INTERESTING TIMES
18. MASKERADE
19. FEET OF CLAY
20. HOGFATHER
21. JINGO
22. THE LAST CONTINENT
23. CARPE JUGULUM
24. THE FIFTH ELEPHANT
25. THE TRUTH
26. THIEF OF TIME
27. THE LAST HERO
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28. THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS
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29. NIGHT WATCH
30. THE WEE FREE MEN
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33. GOING POSTAL
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