World of Wonders: The Deptford Trilogy, Book 3

What's Bred in the Bone

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 14 mins)
• By Robertson Davies
• Narrated By Frederick Davidson

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' life were not always what they seemed. This wonderfully ingenious portrait of an art expert and collector of international renown is told in stylish, elegant prose and endowed with lavish portions of Davies' wit and wisdom.

The Lyre of Orpheus: The Cornish Trilogy, Book 3

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 47 mins)
• By Robertson Davies
• Narrated By Frederick Davidson

The Cornish Foundation, set up with money left by the late art expert, collector, and notable eccentric Francis Cornish, must choose a worthy undertaking upon which to expend a portion of its considerable funds. It is decided that the Foundation will fund the doctoral work of one Hulda Schnakenburg: a grumpy, difficult, and extraordinarily talented music student.

The Cunning Man

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 2 mins)
• By Robertson Davies
• Narrated By Frederick Davidson

Should I have taken the false teeth?" This is what Dr. Jonathan Hullah, a former police surgeon, thinks after he watches Father Hobbes die in front of the High Altar at Toronto's St. Aidan's on the morning of Good Friday. How did the good father die? We do not learn the answer until the very end of this "Case Book" of a man's rich and highly observant life.

But we learn much more about many things, and especially about Dr. Hullah.

The Rebel Angels: The Cornish Trilogy, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 52 mins)
• By Robertson Davies
• Narrated By Frederick Davidson

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 helplessly beguiled by the same coed. Davies weaves together the destinies of this remarkable cast of characters, creating a wise and witty portrait of love, murder, and scholarship at a modern university.

Sword of Honor

• UNABRIDGED (24 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Evelyn Waugh
• Narrated By Simon Prebble

This trilogy about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer, is the crowning achievement of Evelyn Waugh's career. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism, but then gradually finds the complexities and cruelties of war too much for him.