The Cardboard Crown: Text Classics

by Martin Boyd

Overview

"A rueful, cheerfully savage novel . . . lit with unearthly fires and enchantments."— The New York Times

It is 1949, and Guy Langton's house—like his family's fortunes—has seen better days. But when Guy finds his grandmother's diaries he chances on an intricate web of deception and reveals the complex fate of his family over three generations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781922079411
Publisher:	Text Publishing Company
Publication date:	07/16/2013
Series:	Text Classics Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.60(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Martin Boyd was born in Switzerland in 1893 into a family that was to achieve fame in the Australian arts. His first novel, Love Gods , was published in 1925. Three years later The Montforts appeared, under the pseudonym Martin Mills. International success came with Lucinda Brayford , followed by the Langton Quartet: The Cardboard Crown, A Difficult Young Man, Outbreak of Love and When Blackbirds Sing . In 1957 he went to Rome, where he lived and continued to write until his death in 1972.