{"product_id":"orlando-king","title":"Isabel Colegate: Orlando King [2020] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe masterpiece of one of the most important and overlooked British women writers of the twentieth century, with a new introduction by Melissa Harrison; 'Isabel Colegate has no rival' (\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If you are curious as to why Britain is still ruled by a tiny cadre of not-very-introspective aristo-capitalists, \u003ci\u003eOrlando King\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Colegate's sharp-eyed trilogy about a young man on the make in 1930s London feels particularly resonant right now, given its acute take on male privilege and power' \u003ci\u003ei paper\u003c\/i\u003e, Summer Reading Picks 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary achievement' Frances Wilson, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummer Reading Picks 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrlando King\u003c\/i\u003e is a trilogy about a beautiful young man, raised in a remote and eccentric wilderness, arriving in 1930s London and setting the world of politics ablaze. In a time of bread riots and hunger marches, with the spectre of Fascism casting an ever lengthening shadow over Europe, Orlando glidingly cuts a swathe through the thickets of business, the corridors of politics, the pleasure gardens of the Cliveden set, acquiring wealth, adulation, a beautiful wife, and a seat in Parliament. But the advent of war brings with it Orlando's downfall; and his daughter Agatha, cloistered with him in his banishment, is left to pick through the rubble of his smoking, ruined legacy. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eElegant and muscular, powerful and razor-sharp, \u003ci\u003eOrlando King \u003c\/i\u003eis a bildungsroman, Greek tragedy and political saga all in one; a glittering exorcism of the inter-war generation's demons to rival the work of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark.","brand":"Colegate, Isabel \u0026 Harrison, Melissa","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49753911296339,"sku":"9781526615589","price":14.27,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47597693862227,"sku":"XV81526615589","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/colegate-isabel-harrison-melissa-isabel-colegate-orlando-king-2020-paperback-59911898923347.jpg?v=1730869329","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/orlando-king","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}