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Name: What's Bred in the Bone

Author: Robertson Davies
Year: 1985
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Popularity: 2.8
Genres/categories: Fiction, Award winners
Culture: Canada

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ISBN:
9780670809165
0670809160
Winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award for Fiction in 1986.

Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets. From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small -town embalmer, an expert art restorer, a Bavarian countess, and various masters of espionage, the events in Francis's life were not always what they seemed.

In this wonderfully ingenious portrait of an art expert and collector of international renown, Robertson Davies has created a spellbinding tale of artistic triumph and heroic deceit. It is a tale told in stylish, elegant prose, endowed with lavish portions of Davies's wit and wisdom.
This book is part of the "The Cornish Trilogy" series.
Here are some other books from this series:
The Lyre of Orpheus
First published 1988
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, Pop Rating:2.1/10
The Rebel Angels
First published 1981
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, Pop Rating:2.7/10

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