Londonia

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Title	Londonia
Year for Search	2020
Authors	Hardy, Kate A.
Pagination	399 pp.
Date Published	2020
Publisher	Tartarus Press
Place Published	Leyburn, Eng.
ISBN Number	978-1-912856-19-6
Keywords	English author, Female author, French author
Annotation	The novel is set in what remains of London after a series of climate-change catastrophes. It is divided between the “cincture,” a wealthy area protected from the climate, and Londonia where people get by as they can. The female protagonist wakes up in Londonia with much of her memory gone, and she makes a life for herself as a “finder” of artifacts from before the catastrophe which are traded within Londonia or sold/traded in the cincture. Uses an invented language that combines English with words derived mostly from French. There is a Glossary on 397-99.
Additional Publishers	This is a revised version of her Hoxton. Np: Lulu Publishing, 2016, which cannot be found. Hoxton is the name of the protagonist in Londonia.
Title Note	This is a revised version of her Hoxton. Np: Lulu Publishing, 2016
Holding Institutions	PSt
Author Note	English female author living in France
Full Text	2020 Hardy, Kate A. Londonia. Leyburn, Eng.: Tartarus Press. 399 pp. This is a revised version of her Hoxton. Np: Lulu Publishing, 2016, which cannot be found. Hoxton is the name of the protagonist in Londonia. PSt The novel is set in what remains of London after a series of climate-change catastrophes. It is divided between the “cincture,” a wealthy area protected from the climate, and Londonia where people get by as they can. The female protagonist wakes up in Londonia with much of her memory gone, and she makes a life for herself as a “finder” of artifacts from before the catastrophe which are traded within Londonia or sold/traded in the cincture. Uses an invented language that combines English with words derived mostly from French. There is a Glossary on 397-99. English female author living in France.