The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Name: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Author: G. K. Chesterton
ISBN: 9781911065593

Author: G. K. Chesterton
Read by: James Harrington
Language: English
Length: 5 hours 13 minutes
ISBN: 9781911065593
Published: 1 July 2024
Imprint: Fractal Press

satire
future London
monarchy
individualism
tradition
imagination
Auberon Quin
Adam Wayne
local patriotism
conflict

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In a future London where the king is chosen by lottery, eccentric Auberon Quin turns boroughs into mock-medieval city-states, until Adam Wayne, Provost of Notting Hill, takes local patriotism with deadly seriousness. Chesterton?s satire of imagination, tradition, and the power of a neighbourhood that will not yield. Spoken as when a joke of kingship meets a man who means every word of his borough creed.

Author

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, often referred to as the prince of paradox. Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and for his reasoned apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognized the wide appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature.

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Ebook · English · Fractal Press9781910660041