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Dorothy L. Sayers

An English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist.

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English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957)

Born 13 June 1893
Died 17 December 1957

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  • Cover of: A Presumption of Death: A New Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane Mystery (Mystery Masters Series)

    First published in 2002 13 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition presumptionofdea00pato_0 Cover of edition presumptionofdea0000pato
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  • Cover of: Lord Peter: a collection of all the Lord Peter Wimsey stories.

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    First published in 1940 12 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition creedorchaos0000saye
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  • Cover of: English country house murders: tales of perfidious albion

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    First published in 1957 10 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition furtherpapersond0000saye_r7b9
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    First published in 1937 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The devil to pay: being the famous history of John Faustus, the conjurer of Wittenberg in Germany; how he sold his immortal soul to the enemy of mankind, and was served XXIV years by Mephistopheles, and obtained Helen of Troy to his paramour, with many other marvels; and how God dealt with him at the last. A stage-play

    First published in 1939 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The omnibus of crime

    First published in 1929 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition omnibusofcrime0000saye
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  • Cover of: Whodunnit?: Utterly Baffling Detective Stories

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English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957)

Born 13 June 1893
Died 17 December 1957
Subjects
Fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, Wimsey, peter, lord (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, England, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Lord Wimsey, Peter (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Large type books, Drama, Private investigators, fiction, Crime, fiction, English Short stories, Children's fiction, Christianity, English fiction, Fiction, crime, Fiction, general, History, Short stories, Vane, harriet (fictitious character), fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Harriet Vane (Fictitious character), History and criticism
Places
England, London (England), Australia, Great Britain, London, 221B Baker Street, Baker Street, Calcutta, India, Surrey, 221B, 427 Park Lane, Abbey Grange, Ballarat, Balliol College, Bodleiana, Bohemia, Boscombe Pool, Boscombe Valley, Camden House, Cave of Ali Baba, Cell 13, Charing Cross railway station, Cherwell (river), Chislehurst
People
Peter Wimsey Lord (Fictitious character) (1890-), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Jesus Christ, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Faust (d. ca. 1540), Grimesby Roylott, Harriet Vane, Helen Stoner, Lord Peter Wimsey, Stroke Moran, Alice Turner, Annie Oakley, Arthur Conan Doyle Sir (1859-1930), Aunt Glosspan, Ballarat Gang, Berenice, Bill Hutchinson, C. Auguste Dupin, Charles McCarthy, Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meiningen, Colonel Sartoris, Constantine I Emperor of Rome (d. 337), Dorothy L. Sayers
Time
20th century, 1920s, 19th century, 1888, 1894, 1920-1935, 1928-1935, 1935, Ancient times to present (1920s), Antebellum era, George V, 1910-1936, George VI, 1936-1952, Medieval, 500-1500, Modern period, 1600-, Xian dai .

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  • Dorothy/Walsh, J. P. Sayers
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February 7, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
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