The Cornish Trilogy: The Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, 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, this dazzling trilogy of novels lures the reader into a world of mysticism, historical allusion, and gothic fantasy that could only be the invention of Canada's grand man of...
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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 that could only be the invention of Canada's grand man of letters.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140158502 (0140158502)
Publish date: February 3rd 1992
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 1168
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
Modern,
Canada,
Canadian Literature
Series: The Cornish Trilogy (#1)
The Rebel Angels Robertson Davies’ The Rebel Angels is an engaging and energetic novel with a vigorous sense of humor. The novel reads quickly and never feels weighed down by ideas or seriousness. This is deceptive. Davies gives us a novel populated by Medieval and Renaissance scholars. Their inte...
R4 Classic Serial 3 episodes - 2001-01-28 to 2001-02-11.Robertson Davies' trilogy about the life and death of Francis Cornish, art expert and millionaire philanthropist, dramatised by Roger Danes.With Matt Zimmerman, Elaine Claxton, Buffy Davis and Barbara Barnes. Directed by Patrick Rayner.1 The De...
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