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
Author: Robertson Davies
Explores the life and influence of eccentric art patron Francis Cornish. This title comprises ‘The Rebel Angels’, ‘What’s Bred in the Bone’ (shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1986) and ‘The Lyre of Orpheus’. It lures the reader into a world of mysticism, historical allusion and gothic fantasy…..Read More
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