The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-19362024
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London, 1984. Democracy has given up the ghost. England's ruler is randomly selected, and this year it's Auberon Quin, a clerk with an odd sense of humour. Quinn mandates that each borough of London become an independent neo-medievalist state, complete with costume and armoury. The city bears his practical joke with varying levels of patience - except Adam Wayne, an earnest young man from Notting Hill, who takes his sword in hand and the joke deathly seriously.
Main title:
The Napoleon of Notting Hill / G.K. Chesterton.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2024.
Collation:
192 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780241698631 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.912FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
3806877