What's Bred in the Bone

Robertson Davies

Original title: What's bred in the bone

earliest edition we have, 1985 P. Zsolnay, 1990 435 pages

G.K. Hall large print book series

Francis Cornish was always good at keeping secrets. From the well-hidden family secret of his childhood to his mysterious encounters with a small-town embalmer, a master art restorer, a Bavarian countess, and various masters of espionage, the events in Francis's life were not always what they seemed. In this wonderfully ingenious portrait of an art expert and collector of international renown, Robertson Davies has cr...

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Editions we hold

What's bred in the bone edition · 1997 · Penguin Books · 450 pages
What's Bred in the Bone audiobook · 1996 · Blackstone Audiobooks · 9780786109623
What's Bred in the Bone edition · 1995 · Penguin Books Australia Ltd. · 9780140250879
Bathia Pizomeno edition · 1995 · Exdoseis Kvitike · 453 pages
Hvad Man i Ungdommen nemmer edition · 1995 · Chr. Erichsen · 399 pages
Krev se nezapr︢e edition · 1994 · Odeon · 452 pages
Un homme remarquable edition · 1992 · l'Olivier · 514 pages
Was du ererbt von deinen Vätern edition · 1990 · P. Zsolnay · 435 pages
I köttet buret edition · 1990 · Wahlström & Widstrand · 440 pages
What's Bred in the Bone. edition · 1988 · Penguin · 448 pages
Mikä verissä on edition · 1987 · Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi · 471 pages
Den gamle Adam edition · 1987 · Gyldendal Norsk Forlag · 410 pages

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