Quest Biography

9 primary works

Emily Carr

by Kate Braid

Published 1 January 2000

George Grant

by Tf Rigelhof

Published 1 January 2001

Jacques Plante

by Raymond Plante

Published 1 January 2001

John Diefenbaker

by Arthur Slade

Published 1 January 2001

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.

Quest Biographies Bundle -- Books 1-5

by Vladimir Konieczny, Darcy Dunton, Tf Rigelhof, Arthur Slade, Raymond Plante, and Kate Braid

Published 11 November 2013

Quest Biographies Bundle -- Books 11-15

by Lian Goodall, Marguerite Paulin, Gary Evans, and Deborah Cowley

Published 12 November 2013

Canadian Political Bundle

by Arthur Slade, Roderick Stewart, Margaret MacPherson, Marguerite Paulin, Ged Martin, Ray Argyle, Julie H. Ferguson, and Lian Goodall

Published 16 December 2013

Canadian Scholars Bundle

by Nicholas Maes, Judith Fitzgerald, Tf Rigelhof, and Deborah Cowley

Published 16 December 2013