Order of Robertson Davies Books

Robertson Davies (1913-1995) was a Canadian author. He was also a playwright, critic, journalist and professor. Robertson grew up in Renfrew, Ontario, and attended Upper Canada College and Queen’s University in Kingston. He lived in England for a few years, where he also earned a Bachelor of Letters degree at Balliol College, Oxford and met his wife, Brenda. He was the founding Master of Massey College at the University of Toronto. Robertson had three daughters, and from them, four grandchildren.

Robertson Davies made his debut as a novelist in 1951 with Tempest-Tost. Below is a list of Robertson Davies’ books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of The Cornish Trilogy Books

The Rebel Angels	(1981)
What's Bred in the Bone	(1985)
The Lyre of Orpheus	(1988)

Publication Order of The Deptford Trilogy Books

Fifth Business	(1970)
The Manticore	(1972)
World of Wonders	(1975)

Publication Order of The Salterton Trilogy Books

Tempest-Tost	(1951)
Leaven of Malice	(1954)
A Mixture of Frailties	(1958)

Publication Order of Toronto Trilogy Books

Murther and Walking Spirits	(1991)
The Cunning Man	(1994)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

A Masque of Mr. Punch	(1963)
Stephen Leacock	(1970)

Publication Order of Collections

The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies	(1979)
High Spirits	(1982)
At My Heart's CoreOverlaid	(1991)
Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast	(1993)
Hunting Stuart and The Voice of the People	(1994)
A Gathering of Ghost Stories	(1995)
Modern Classics Selected Works On the Art of Writing	(2008)
Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading	(2008)
A Celtic Temperament: Robertson Davies as Diarist	(2015)
What’s Bread in the Bone	(2019)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

A Voice from the Attic	(1960)
One Half of Robertson Davies	(1978)
The Well-Tempered Critic	(1981)
Mirror of Nature -OS	(1983)
The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks	(1985)
The Merry Heart	(1996)
For Your Eye Alone	(1999)
Happy Alchemy	(1999)
Robertson Davies Discoveries : Early Letters 1938-1975	(2002)

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Robertson Davies Synopsis: The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies is the first book in the Cornish Trilogy. A goodhearted priest and scholar, a professor with a passion for the darker side of medieval psychology, a defrocked monk, and a rich young businessman who inherits some troublesome paintings are all beguiled by the same coed. The story is set in motion by the death of eccentric art patron and collector Francis Cornish. Hollier, McVarish, and Darcourt are the executors of Cornish’s complicated will, which includes material that Hollier wants for his studies. The deceased’s nephew, Arthur Cornish, stands to inherit the fortune.