THE ATHENAEUMThe Napoleon of Notting HillG. K. Chesterton
Novel
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textIn the London of 1984 the king is chosen by lot, and the lot falls on Auberon Quin, a joker who decrees that every borough shall have its walls, halberds and heralds. Only Adam Wayne, the young Provost of Notting Hill, takes it seriously, and goes to war over a street. It was Chesterton’s first novel, in 1904.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 3 hr 45 min
- Where to find it
- The Lost Property Office, down the book lift in the west wing
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #20058. In the public domain in the United States.