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Orlando King
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
| Author:
Isabel Colegate
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author:
Isabel Colegate
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
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The 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’ (The Times) ‘If you are curious as to why Britain is still ruled by a tiny cadre of not-very-introspective aristo-capitalists, Orlando King is essential reading’ Sunday Times Colegate’s sharp-eyed trilogy about a young man on the make in 193s London feels particularly resonant right now, given its acute take on male privilege and power’ i paper, Summer Reading Picks 22 ‘An extraordinary achievement’ Frances Wilson, Times Literary Supplement, Summer Reading Picks 22 Orlando King is a trilogy about a beautiful young man, raised in a remote and eccentric wilderness, arriving in 193s 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. Elegant and muscular, powerful and razor-sharp, Orlando King is 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.
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The 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’ (The Times) ‘If you are curious as to why Britain is still ruled by a tiny cadre of not-very-introspective aristo-capitalists, Orlando King is essential reading’ Sunday Times Colegate’s sharp-eyed trilogy about a young man on the make in 193s London feels particularly resonant right now, given its acute take on male privilege and power’ i paper, Summer Reading Picks 22 ‘An extraordinary achievement’ Frances Wilson, Times Literary Supplement, Summer Reading Picks 22 Orlando King is a trilogy about a beautiful young man, raised in a remote and eccentric wilderness, arriving in 193s 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. Elegant and muscular, powerful and razor-sharp, Orlando King is 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.
About Author
Isabel Colegate was born in 1931. As well as working as a literary agent, she is the author of thirteen novels, (including The Shooting Party, which was adapted into a film in 1985) and one collection of short stories. She lives in Somerset.
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