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The Cornish Trilogy Robertson Davies

The Cornish Trilogy By Robertson Davies

The Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies


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Summary

The University of St John and the Holy Ghost (known affectionately as Spook) has a problem - and an opportunity. Strange, eccentric art patron and collector Francis Cornish has died and faculty members have been made executors of his complicated will.

The Cornish Trilogy Summary

The Cornish Trilogy: What's Bred in the Bone, The Rebel Angels, The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies

The University of St John and the Holy Ghost (known affectionately as Spook) has a problem - and an opportunity. Strange, eccentric art patron and collector Francis Cornish has died and faculty members have been made executors of his complicated will. But in the realization of their duties, they find themselves drawn into Cornish's bizarre, secretive and mystical world. In this spellbinding trilogy a host of memorable characters - defrocked, mischief-making monks, half-mad professors, gypsies and musical geniuses - become entangled in a story that involves theft, perjury, scholarship, murder, love, and the squandering of plenty of cash.

The Cornish Trilogy Reviews

Deliciously readable * New York Times *
One of the most remarkable achievements of contemporary fiction * Sunday Times *
Nourishes the brain while it beguiles the senses * Time *
A first-rate storyteller and a real moralist with a crackling sense of humour * Newsweek *
Davies combines elements of the fantastic with details of everyday life to show us a world in which the miraculous coexists with the mundane * New York Times *

About Robertson Davies

Robertson Davies was born in Thamesville, Ontario, in 1913. A novelist, playwright, literary critic and essayist, he received numerous awards for his work. It is as a writer of fiction that Robertson Davies achieved international recognition, with such books as The Salterton Trilogy (Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice and A Mixture of Frailties); The Deptford Trilogy (Fifth Business, The Manticore and World of Wonders); The Cornish Trilogy (The Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, shortlisted for the 1986 Booker Prize, and The Lyre of Orpheus); Murther & Walking Spirits, and The Cunning Man. Robertson Davies died in 1995.

Additional information

GOR005358423
9780241952610
0241952611
The Cornish Trilogy: What's Bred in the Bone, The Rebel Angels, The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
2011-07-28
1152
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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