The Kingdom of This World: A Novel

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A few years after its liberation from French colonialist rule Haiti experienced a period of unsurpassed brutality horror and superstition under the reign of the black King Henri-Christophe. Through the eyes of the ancient slave Ti-Noel The Kingdom of This World records the destruction of the black regime--built on the same corruption and contempt for human life that brought down the French--in an orgy of voodoo race hatred erotomania and fantastic grandeurs of false elegance.