The Cornish Trilogy: The Rebel Angels; What's Bred in the Bone; The Lyre of Orpheus

The Cornish Trilogy #1-3

by Robertson Davies

Woven around the pursuits of the energetic spirits and erudite scholars of the University of St John and the Holy Ghost, this dazzling trilogy of novels lures the reader into a world of mysticism, historical allusion and gothic fantasy. Fusing themes of religion, love, art and music in a glorious celebration of humanism, The Cornish Trilogy like its predecessors The Salterton Trilogy and The Deptford Trilogy, affirms Robertson Davies's place at the forefront of contemporary writers.

The Rebel Angels
What's Bred in the Bone
The Lyre of Orpheus

Genres: Fiction, Canada, Fantasy, Literature, Classics, 20th Century, Literary Fiction

1152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (died in Orangeville, Ontario) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is sometimes said to have detested. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate college at the University of Toronto.

Novels:

The Salterton Trilogy
• Tempest-tost (1951)
• Leaven of Malice (1954)
• A Mixture of Frailties (1958)
The Deptford Trilogy
• Fifth Business (1970)
• The Manticore (1972)
• World of Wonders (1975)
The Cornish Trilogy
• The Rebel Angels (1981)
• What's Bred in the Bone (1985)
• The Lyre of Orpheus (1988)
The Toronto Trilogy (Davies' final, incomplete, trilogy)
• Murther and Walking Spirits (1991)
• The Cunning Man (1994)

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