Series:

Quest Biography

12 primary works

Book 12

Cover of Rene Levesque

Rene Levesque

by Marguerite Paulin

Published 1 January 2004

Book 14

Cover of John Grierson

John Grierson

by Gary Evans

Published 1 January 2005

Book 16

Cover of Maurice Duplessis

Maurice Duplessis

by Marguerite Paulin

Published 1 January 2005

Book 18

Cover of Mazo De La Roche

Mazo De La Roche

by Heather Kirk

Published 1 January 2006

Book 19

Cover of Susanna Moodie

Susanna Moodie

by Anne Cimon

Published 1 January 2006

Book 20

Cover of Gabrielle Roy

Gabrielle Roy

by Andre Vanasse

Published 1 January 2007

Book 24

Cover of Robertson Davies

Robertson Davies

by Nicholas Maes

Published 1 January 2009
Born in Thamesville, Ontario, a student at Queen's University in Kingston in the 1930's, and editor and later publisher of the Peterborough Examiner from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, playwright, essayist, critic, professor, and novelist Robertson Davies (1913-1995) was one of Canada's pre-eminent literary voices for more than a half-century. Davies, with his generous beard and donnish manner, was the very epitome of the "man of letters," a term he abhorred. Best known for his Deptford Trilogy of novels (Fifth Business, The Manticore, World of Wonders), he also wrote two other trilogies (Salterton and Cornish) and was at work on the third volume of another trilogy (Toronto) when he died. With a life as rich in character and colour as that found in his fiction and essays, Davies had a great fondness for magic and myth, both of which are found in abundance in his work, along with a prodigious streak of wry humour.

Book 38

Cover of Quest Biographies Bundle -- Books 11-15

Book 39

Cover of Quest Biographies Bundle -- Books 16-20

Book 44

Cover of Quest Biographies Bundle -- Books 11-20

Book 49

Cover of Canadian Literary Bundle

Book 51

Cover of Canadian Political Bundle