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A Mixture of Frailties
Mrs. Bridgetower has died, and used her will as a final weapon against her son and his wife. Under the terms of it, Solomon and Pearl will not inheri...

Fifth Business
In this first book of Davies' trilogy, a snowball aimed at Ramsay by his childhood friend Percy Boyd Staunton hits the pregnant Mrs. Dempster. Mrs. D...

Leaven of Malice
A false announcement of the marriage between Solomon Bridgetower and Pearl Vambrace, to take place on November 31, is inserted into the Salterton news...



Tempest-Tost
Amateur theatricals - a phrase to strike fear into every heart. Tempest-Tost is about an amateur production of The Tempest and all the personal strug...

The Lyre of Orpheus
The Lyre of Orpheus is about the making of a new opera. Anybody who has spent any time around any kind of theater or in academia will recognize Davi...

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The Manticore
In this second book of Davies' trilogy, David Staunton, the son of Percy Boyd Staunton, travels to Switzerland. He is traumatized by his father's str...

The Rebel Angels
The questions asked in this review engine do not begin to do justice to what's going on in this book. For starters, there are two protagonists, the gr...

What's Bred in the Bone
The life - from birth to death - of Francis Cornish, who became a philanthropist, artist, and collector. This is the second book of Davies' Cornish T...

World of Wonders
In this final book of Davies' trilogy, famed illusionist Magnus Eisengrim is cast in the starring role in a film about French illusionist Robert-Houdi...

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