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The trilogy consists of The Rebel Angels ( 1981), What's Bred in the Bone ( 1985), and The Lyre of Orpheus ( 1988). The series explores the life and influence of Francis Cornish.
The story of The Rebel Angels is set in motion by the death of eccentric art patron and collector Francis Cornish. University professors Clement Hollier, Urquhart McVarish, and Simon Darcourt are the executorAn executor is a person named by a maker of a will to carry out the directions of the will. The executor's duties include the payment of outstanding debts and the disbursement of property to the heirs, as designated in the will. Also the exectuor makes als of Cornish's complicated willThe word will can refer to: Will (law) Will (philosophy) Will (verb) "Will" is a common shortening of the masculine name William., which includes material that Hollier wants for his studies. The deceased's nephew Arthur Cornish, who stands to inherit the fortune, is also a character.
What's Bred in the Bone is the life story of Francis Cornish, whose death and will were the subject of The Rebel Angels. His was a full life, and we follow him from his childhood as a wealthy and precocious misfit in a small OntarioOntario ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains Capital Toronto Largest City Toronto Area Total % fresh water 4th largest(2nd lgst prov. 1 076 395 kmē 14. 7% Population Total (2001) Density Rank town, his education in Toronto (in which we meet Dunstan RamsayThe Deptford Trilogy is the name given to three related novels by Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies. The trilogy consists of Fifth Business ( 1970), The Manticore ( 1972), and World of Wonders ( 1975). The s from the Deptford TrilogyThe Deptford Trilogy is the name given to three related novels by Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies. The trilogy consists of Fifth Business ( 1970), The Manticore ( 1972), and World of Wonders ( 1975). The s) and OxfordUniversity of Oxford Motto Dominus Illuminatio Mea ("The Lord is my Light") ( Psalm 27) Established c. 1096 School type Public Chancellor The Right Hon. Chris Patten Vice-Chancellor Dr. John Hood Location Oxford, United Kingdom Enrolment 17,000 total (5,6, his unusual apprenticeship as a restorer and painter in Nazi GermanyNazi Germany or the Third Reich commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933 1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of National Socialism with Adolf Hitler as dictator. The term Nazi is a short form of the German, his wartime experiences in England, and his later career as a collector and a patron of the arts in Toronto.
What's Bred in the Bone was shortlisted for the 1986 Booker Prize.