Reissue of this classic trilogy comprising Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice and A Mixture of Frailties
Robertson Davies was born in Thamesville, Ontario, in 1913. A novelist, playwright, literary critic and essayist, he received numerous awards for his work. It is as a writer of fiction that Robertson Davies achieved international recognition, with such books as The Salterton Trilogy (Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice and A Mixture of Frailties); The Deptford Trilogy (Fifth Business, The Manticore and World of Wonders); The Cornish Trilogy (The Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, shortlisted for the 1986 Booker Prize, and The Lyre of Orpheus); Murther & Walking Spirits, and The Cunning Man. Robertson Davies died in 1995.
The kind of writer who makes you want to nag your friends until
they read him so that they share the pleasure
*Observer*
Davies' books will be recognized with the very best works of the
twentieth century
*New York Times Book Review*
Impudent, amused, and amusing, and sterling entertainment
*New York Times*
One of the great modern novelists
*Malcolm Bradbury*
Ingenuous, erudite and entertaining. Davies displays all the
qualities of a latter-day Trollope
*Observer*
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