The Cornish Trilogy is woven around the pursuits of the energetic spirits and erudite scholars of the University of St. John and the Holy Ghost. This dazzling trilogy of novels lures the reader into a world of mysticism, historical allusion, and gothic fantasy that could only be the invention of Canada's grand man of letters.

This trilogy includes The Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, and The Lyre of Orpheus. It explores the life and influence of eccentric art patron Francis Cornish.

It is densely plotted, highly entertaining, and fuses themes of religion, love, art, and music in a glorious celebration of humanism.