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) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What's Bred in the Bone | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lyre of Orpheus | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Deptford Trilogy Books
| Fifth Business | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Manticore | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| World of Wonders | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Salterton Trilogy Books
| Tempest-Tost | (1951) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Leaven of Malice | (1954) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Mixture of Frailties | (1958) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Toronto Trilogy Books
| Murther and Walking Spirits | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Cunning Man | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| A Masque of Mr. Punch | (1963) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stephen Leacock | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Collections
| The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| High Spirits | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| At My Heart's CoreOverlaid | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hunting Stuart and The Voice of the People | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Gathering of Ghost Stories | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Modern Classics Selected Works On the Art of Writing | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Selected Works on the Pleasures of Reading | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Celtic Temperament: Robertson Davies as Diarist | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| A Voice from the Attic | (1960) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| One Half of Robertson Davies | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Well-Tempered Critic | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Mirror of Nature | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Merry Heart | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| For Your Eye Alone | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Happy Alchemy | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Robertson Davies Discoveries: Early Letters 1938-1975 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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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.
