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 seriously. First published in 1904 G. K.
Chesterton's deliriously eccentric debut novel is a wild topsy-turvy satire on a land ruled by
fools.
