Vimes's first idea is to ask the wizards at Unseen University to send him home, but before he can act on this, he is arrested for breaking curfew by a younger version of himself. He determines that he has somehow been sent back in time.
He awakens to find that he has been rescued by Miss Palm (whom Vimes knows as Mrs Palm, Head of the Guild of Seamstresses). On the morning of the 30th anniversary of the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May (and as such the anniversary of the death of John Keel, Vimes' hero and former mentor), Sam Vimes is caught in a magical storm (briefly implied to be connected to the events of Thief of Time) while pursuing Carcer Dun, a notorious criminal. Kidby has instead inserted a swamp dragon, a reference to Vimes' wife Sybil, who breeds them. There is an animal in the bottom-right of both works in Rembrandt's it is a dog, and in 1975 was badly slashed in an act of vandalism. He is in the back, with just part of his face showing, between Reg Shoe (in the white shirt waving the flag) and Waddy. Kidby pays tribute to the late artist, Josh Kirby by placing him in the picture, in the position where Rembrandt painted himself. Kidby has kept the general positioning of Rembrandt's figures and flow of the painting without actually inserting every figure so the Sweeper's broom describes the same line as the arquebus in the original. Instead, the key third lit figure is the Sweeper in the saffron robe immediately in front and to the left of Nobby in the position of the watchmen carrying an arquebus in Rembrandt's original. In both the original painting and Kidby's illustration, three figures are illuminated to force the viewers eye in their direction, however in Kidby's illustration it is not the figure in the position of Rembrandt's woman crouching down and holding a chicken (to the left of Frans Bannig Cocq) - that figure to the left of the elder Vimes is the young urchin Nobby Nobbs wearing oversized watch coat and boots. In Kidby's cover, the older Sam Vimes is in the place of Frans Banning Cocq and Sam as a young man is in the place of Wiliem van Ruytenburch. The actual painting by Rembrandt is used as the back cover illustration. This is the first main-sequence Discworld novel not to have a cover by Josh Kirby who had passed away.
Paul Kidby's cover parodies the famous Rembrandt painting The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, more commonly known as The Night Watch.
A five-part radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from Februit featured Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes and Carl Prekopp as young Sam, and referenced the similar theme of a policeman unexpectedly being sent back in time from the series Life on Mars. The protagonist of the novel is Sir Samuel Vimes, commander of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. The working title for this book was The Nature of the Beast, but this was discarded when Frances Fyfield published a book with exactly that title in the UK in late 2001. Night Watch is the 29th novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, published in 2002. For the painting by Rembrandt, see Night Watch (painting) or The Wikipedia Page. The Real Alice in Wonderland - book by C.M.This page is about the novel NIght Watch.Alice in Wonderland - A Visual Companion.Cannes Film Festival (2010) - red carpet.Jane Eyre (2011) - director Fukunaga & random pics.PBS Masterpiece: Miss Marple and more.Victorian Impersonators - those who've portrayed Q.Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - interview wi.Going Postal - video interviews with actors, direc.Pride & Prejudice told through emoticons.The Young Victoria - interview with scriptwriter J.Captivated by her, Lipwig will try anything to win her affections…little knowing the part he has played in her family’s downfall. That is until he meets the spellbinding Adora. Faced with an almost impossible task, and making an immediate enemy of bloodthirsty tyrant Reacher Gilt (Suchet), owner of the Post Office's rival, the money-hungry Grand Trunk Clacks communication monopoly, Lipwig’s first instinct is to run. About to face death by hanging, Lord Vetinari spares Lipwig, seeing in him the perfect man for the role of Postmaster in the decrepit Ankh-Morpork post office.
A life long travelling con-artist, Lipwig’s crimes finally catch up with him in the town of Ankh-Morpork. Going Postal is the story of arch-swindler Moist Von Lipwig and the beautiful, vengeful Adora Belle Dearheart. Thanks to Santay Tanantay for telling me about it! Apparently Pratchett is the 2nd most read author in the UK but I've never heard of him.
It's the third in a series of adaptations, following Hogfather and The Colour of Magic. Claire Foy and Charles Dance got my attention for this quirky 2-part series based on Terry Pratchett's 33rd Discworld novel.