{"product_id":"orlando-in-the-cities-9781638219996","title":"Orlando in the Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eA masterful blend of everything literature and history enthusiasts will love.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e- OnlineBookClub.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With a delicious blend of prose, verse, and poetic syntax, author Sebastian Michael takes you on a wild rollercoaster spread across two millennia through monumental events that changed the course of history. ... Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Pikasho Deka, Readers' Favourite (5 Stars)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrlando, beautiful though lazy shepherd boy on Crete, is tasked by the gods to settle a dispute: who among them is patron of the most perfect city. His journey takes him to Alexandria where he studies under Euclid, to Florence, where he sits for a portrait by Leonardo da Vinci, to London where he falls in love with a Russian princess; then, having inexplicably but assuredly turned woman, to Paris where she joins the women's march on Versailles, then to Vienna where she chooses to dress as a man while making the acquaintance of, among others, a curious Dr Freud and a very young Ludwig Wittgenstein, and finally, now once again as a man though experimenting with drag, to New York where he experiences the creative as well as destructive forces around Warhol's Factory; before, ultimately, timeless, ageless, and without gender or agenda Orlando becomes simply Orlando.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA playful literary odyssey through 2500 years of Western civilisation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Optimist Books by Optimist Creations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781638219996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.43d","brand":"Sebastian Michael","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51948729860277,"sku":"9781638219996","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bca663a2-e4ea-4a0d-b298-6922c60b9a0c.jpg?v=1762272582","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/orlando-in-the-cities-9781638219996","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}