World of Wonders (The Deptford Trilogy #3)
β Scribed by Davies, Robertson
- Book ID
- 110503494
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 216 KB
- Series
- The Deptford 3
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780143039143
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β¦ Synopsis
Hailed by the Washington Post Book World as "a modern classic," Robertson Daviesβs acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. World of Wonders βthe third book in the series after The Manticore βfollows the story of Magnus Eisengrimβthe most illustrious magician of his ageβwho is spirited away from his home by a member of a traveling sideshow, the Wanless World of Wonders. After honing his skills and becoming better known, Magnus unfurls his lifeβs courageous and adventurous tale in this third and final volume of a spectacular, soaring work.
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