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Informationen zum Autor G.K. Chesterton; introduction by Madeline Ashby Klappentext "In an alternate-history version of England, monarchs are selected at random instead of inheriting the title. When Auberon Quin, a man who aspires to live life like a medieval adventurer, becomes king, he mandates that each of London's neighborhoods become an independent state, complete with unique local costumes. Everyone goes along with the conceit until young Adam Wayne, a born military tactician, takes the game too seriously . . . and becomes the Napoleon of Notting Hill. War rages throughout the city, fought with sword and halberd"-- Zusammenfassung A satire set in a future England, in which a neomedievalist contest among London neighborhoods takes a disastrous turn. When Auberon Quin, a prankster nostalgic for Merrie Olde England, becomes king of that country in 1984, he mandates that each of London’s neighborhoods become an independent state, complete with unique local costumes. Everyone goes along with the conceit until young Adam Wayne, a born military tactician, takes the game too seriously . . . and becomes the Napoleon of Notting Hill. War ensues throughout the city—fought with sword and halberd! G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English author, poet, critic, and newspaper columnist known for his brilliant, epigrammatic paradoxes. His best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown, featured in over fifty stories published between 1910 and 1936, who solves mysteries and crimes thanks to his understanding of spiritual and philosophic truths; and his best-known novel is The Man Who Was Thursday (1908), a metaphysical thriller. In addition to The Napoleon of Notting Hill , his first novel, he wrote several other near-future satires of England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Foreword ix Introduction: Dystopias Are Problems Plus Time xv Madeline Ashby Book I I Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy 3 II The Man in Green 9 III The Hill of Humor 31 Book II I The Charter of the Cities 43 II The Council of the Provosts 55 III Enter a Lunatic 69 Book III I The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne 87 II The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull 103 III The Experiment of Mr. Buck 115 Book IV I The Battle of the Lamps 135 II The Correspondent of the "Court Journal" 151 III The Great Army of South Kensington 163 Book V I The Empire of Notting Hill 189 II The Last Battle 205 III Two Voices 215...
