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The title is also a capsule of the thought process of the character Tiffany in regards to her wearing colourful clothing despite being a [[Witches|witch]]. It is also a callback to the end of {{HFOS}}, regarding the cloak that the [[hiver]] bought while possessing her. It is also echoed in the track “We Shall Wear Midnight” on the Tiffany Aching-inspired Steeleye Span album ''[[Wintersmith (Steeleye Span)|Wintersmith]]'', which was released in 2013. | The title is also a capsule of the thought process of the character Tiffany in regards to her wearing colourful clothing despite being a [[Witches|witch]]. It is also a callback to the end of {{HFOS}}, regarding the cloak that the [[hiver]] bought while possessing her. It is also echoed in the track “We Shall Wear Midnight” on the Tiffany Aching-inspired Steeleye Span album ''[[Wintersmith (Steeleye Span)|Wintersmith]]'', which was released in 2013. | ||
While previously Tiffany aged two years between books (she’s 9 in {{WFM}}, 11 in {{HFOS}} and turns 13 during {{W}}), this book | While previously Tiffany aged two years between books (she’s 9 in {{WFM}}, 11 in {{HFOS}} and turns 13 during {{W}}), in this book she is “nearly sixteen”, a jump of three years. | ||
According to interviews given while it was being written, ''I Shall Wear Midnight'' was originally intended by Pratchett to be the final Tiffany Aching book. | According to interviews given while it was being written, ''I Shall Wear Midnight'' was originally intended by Pratchett to be the final Tiffany Aching book. | ||
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| I Shall Wear Midnight | |
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| Co-author(s) | no |
| Illustrator(s) | Paul Kidby |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | Sep 2, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0385611072 |
| Pages | |
| RRP | £18.99 |
| Main characters | Tiffany Aching, the Pictsies |
| Series | Tiffany Series |
| Annotations | View |
| Notes | The fourth Tiffany Aching book |
| All data relates to the first UK edition. | |
I Shall Wear Midnight is the fourth Tiffany Aching novel, published September 2, 2010.
The title is loosely based upon the poem “When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple” by Jenny Joseph. This is the title that most people would recognise, however it is interesting that the correct title for her poem is “Warning”.1 Despite a superficial similarity, there is no evidence to link the two works.
The title is also a capsule of the thought process of the character Tiffany in regards to her wearing colourful clothing despite being a witch. It is also a callback to the end of A Hat Full of Sky, regarding the cloak that the hiver bought while possessing her. It is also echoed in the track “We Shall Wear Midnight” on the Tiffany Aching-inspired Steeleye Span album Wintersmith, which was released in 2013.
While previously Tiffany aged two years between books (she’s 9 in The Wee Free Men, 11 in A Hat Full of Sky and turns 13 during Wintersmith), in this book she is “nearly sixteen”, a jump of three years.
According to interviews given while it was being written, I Shall Wear Midnight was originally intended by Pratchett to be the final Tiffany Aching book.
1You can see it here.
Blurb
A man with no eyes. No eyes at all. Two tunnels in his head... It's not easy being a witch, and it's certainly not all whizzing about on broomsticks, but Tiffany Aching - teen witch - is doing her best. Until something evil wakes up, something that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old witches, so that just wearing a pointy hat suddenly seems a very bad idea. Worse still, this evil ghost from the past is hunting down one witch in particular. He's hunting for Tiffany. And he's found her...
A fabulous Discworld title filled with witches and magic and told in the inimitable Terry Pratchett style, I Shall Wear Midnight is the fourth Discworld title to feature Tiffany and her tiny, fightin', boozin’ pictsie friends, the Nac Mac Feegle (aka The Wee Free Men).
Main Characters
- Tiffany Aching
- The Cunning Man
- Jeannie
- Letitia Keepsake
- Nac Mac Feegle
- Deirdre Parsley, lately Lady Keepsake / The Duchess
- Amber Petty
- Preston
- Roland
- Eskarina Smith
Minor Characters & Cameos
- Joe Aching
- Wentworth Aching
- Sally Cambric
- Death
- Magrat Garlick
- Mrs Happenstance
- Nanny Ogg
- Seth Petty
- Molly Petty
- Mrs Proust
- Granny Weatherwax
- Members of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch
Locations
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