The Cornish Trilogy (The Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, and, The Lyre of Orpheus): What's Bred in the Bone, The Rebel Angels, The Lyre of Orpheus

by RobertsonDavies (Author)

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  Paperback
  1991

  $4.48

  One of Canadian author Robertson Davies' most dazzling achievements, The Cornish Trilogy explores the life and influence of eccentric art patron Francis Cornish and comprises The Rebel Angels , What's Bred in the Bone (shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1986) and The Lyre of Orpheus . Woven around the pursuits of the energetic spirits and erudite scholars of the University of St John and the Holy Ghost, the trilogy lures the reader into a world of mysticism, historical allusion and gothic fantasy. It is densely plotted, highly entertaining and fuses themes of religion, love, art and music in a glorious celebration of humanism. '...the kind of writer who makes you want to nag your friends until they read him so that they share the pleasure' - Observer .