{"product_id":"the-lyre-of-orpheus","title":"The Lyre of Orpheus (Used)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed as a literary masterpiece, Robertson Davies' The Cornish Trilogy comes to a brilliant conclusion in the bestselling Lyre of Orpheus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is an important decision to be made. The Cornish Foundation is thriving under the directorship of Arthur Cornish when Arthur and his beguiling wife, Maria Theotoky, decide to undertake a project worthy of Francis Cornish -- connoisseur, collector, and notable eccentric -- whose vast fortune endows the Foundation. The grumpy, grimy, extraordinarily talented music student Hulda Schnakenburg is commissioned to complete E. T .A. Hoffmann's unfinished operaArthur of Britain, or The Magnanimous Cuckold; and the scholarly priest Simon Darcourt finds himself charged with writing the libretto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplications both practical and emotional arise- the gypsy in Maria's blood rises with a vengeance; Darcourt stoops to petty crime; and various others indulge in perjury, blackmail, and other unsavory pursuits. Hoffmann's dictum, \"the lyre of Orpheus opens the door of the underworld,\" seems to be all too true -- especially when the long-hidden secrets of Francis Cornish himself are finally revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaroque and deliciously funny, this third book in The Cornish Trilogy shows Robertson Davies at his very considerable best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Robertson Davies is the sort of novelist readers can hardly wait to tell their friends about.\" -- The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46197382840578,"sku":"9780140114331","price":50.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1160\/4950\/files\/9780140114331.jpg?v=1749285356","url":"https:\/\/bridgebooks.co.za\/products\/the-lyre-of-orpheus","provider":"Bridge Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}