The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G K Chesterton Paperback Book 9780241698631

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 seriouslyFirst published in 1904 G K Chestertons deliriously eccentric debut novel is a wild topsyturvy satire on a land ruled by fools