{"product_id":"the-napoleon-of-notting-hill-isbn-9780262546416","title":"The Napoleon of Notting Hill","description":"\u003cb\u003eA satire set in a future England, in which a neomedievalist contest among London neighborhoods takes a disastrous turn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eG. 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Was Thursday\u003c\/i\u003e (1908), a metaphysical thriller. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Napoleon of Notting Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, he wrote several other near-future satires of England.Series Foreword ix\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Dystopias Are Problems Plus Time xv\u003cbr\u003eMadeline Ashby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook I\u003cbr\u003eI Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy 3\u003cbr\u003eII The Man in Green 9\u003cbr\u003eIII The Hill of Humor 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook II\u003cbr\u003eI The Charter of the Cities 43\u003cbr\u003eII The Council of the Provosts 55\u003cbr\u003eIII Enter a Lunatic 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook III\u003cbr\u003eI The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne 87\u003cbr\u003eII The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull 103\u003cbr\u003eIII The Experiment of Mr. Buck 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook IV\u003cbr\u003eI The Battle of the Lamps 135\u003cbr\u003eII The Correspondent of the \"Court Journal\" 151\u003cbr\u003eIII The Great Army of South Kensington 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook V\u003cbr\u003eI The Empire of Notting Hill 189\u003cbr\u003eII The Last Battle 205\u003cbr\u003eIII Two Voices 215\"Unquestionably a satirical masterpiece.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Los Angeles Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A strange social satire. . . . [and] a fascinating study of arrogance and folly, of progress and tradition and, oddly, of human nature itself.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFortean Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Whimsically expressed criticism… with a suspicion of gallimaufry and hints of the cap-and-bells here and there.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e (1904)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“As irresponsibly ludicrous as a modern burlesque, as quaintly serious, at last, as a medieval morality.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Bookman\u003c\/i\u003e (May 1904)\u003c\/b\u003eG. 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Was Thursday\u003c\/i\u003e (1908), a metaphysical thriller. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Napoleon of Notting Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, he wrote several other near-future satires of England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMadeline Ashby is the author of the Machine Dynasty series and the novel \u003ci\u003eCompany Town, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as a contributor to \u003ci\u003eHow to Future: Leading and Sense-Making in an Age of Hyperchange\u003c\/i\u003e. She has developed science fiction prototypes for Changeist, the Institute for the Future, the Smithsonian Institution, SciFutures, Nesta, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the Atlantic Council, and others.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303112167653,"sku":"NP9780262546416","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262546416.jpg?v=1767740629","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-napoleon-of-notting-hill-isbn-9780262546416","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}