Description: When the Cornish Foundation decides to fund the production of an opera entitled Arthur of Britain or The Magnanimous Cuckold, the participants find their lives begin to resemble the operas plot.
Brief description:
Robertson Davies (1913-1995) was an internationally acclaimed author, actor, publisher, and, finally, professor at the University of Toronto. The author of twelve novels and several volumes of essays and plays, he was the first Canadian to be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Review Quotes:
"Robertson Davies is the sort of novelist readers can hardly wait to tell their friends about."
-- "Washington Post Book World"