In a future London chosen by lottery, a whimsical king and a fanatical patriot turn a borough boundary dispute into war. Chesterton's fable of romance versus modern uniformity.
Books mentioned in The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1)
Iliad by Homer: “This one poor rhymster, having burnt his own rhymes, began to live that life of open air and acted poetry of which all the poets of the earth have dreamed in vain; the life for which the Iliad is only a cheap substitute.”
Books that mention The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1)
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman: “I have never been to St John's Wood. I dare not. I should be afraid of the innumerable night of fir trees, afraid to come upon a blood red cup and the beating of the wings of the Eagle. (epigraph, attributed: The Napoleon of Notting Hill, G. K. CHESTERTON)”