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The Napoleon of Notting Hill
£9.99
CHESTERSON, G. K.
Product Details
ISBN: 9780241698631
Author: CHESTERSON, G. K.
Pages: 192
London, 1984. England has given up on democracy and selects its rulers by lottery. This time, it is the turn of clerk Auberon Quin, a prankster who decrees that each borough of London become an independent mediaeval state, complete with costumes and coats of arms.
The citizens bear his joke with varying levels of patience – until Adam Wayne, the intractable Provost of Notting Hill, sword in hand, takes the game far too seriously.
Key Highlights:
- Setting: A dystopian London in 1984, where democracy is abandoned.
- Plot: A clerk-turned-ruler imposes mediaeval traditions on modern London.
- Conflict: The satire escalates when one man, Adam Wayne, takes the decree literally.
First published in 1904, G. K. Chesterton's deliriously eccentric debut novel is a wild, topsy-turvy satire on a land ruled by fools.
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