num_pages: 186
description: 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-Noël, 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, racial hatred, erotomania, and fantastic grandeurs of false elegance.
language: English
title: The Kingdom of This World
titlecomplete: The Kingdom of This World
characters: Henri Christophe, Ti-Noël
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Latin American, Classics, Latin American Literature, Spanish Literature, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 6452
places: Haiti, Caribbean Islands
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux