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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: The Sayers holiday book: containing: Gaudy night, a novel; Strong poison, a novel; In the teeth of the evidence, seventeen stories.

    First published in 1963 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Why work?: An address delivered at Eastbourne, April 23rd, 1942

    First published in 1942 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Four Classic Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Gaudy Night/Busman's Honeymoon

    First published in 1990 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The mysterious English

    First published in 1941 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The other six deadly sins: an address given to the Public Morality Council at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on October 23rd, 1941

    First published in 1943 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Spiritual writings

    First published in 1993 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The World's greatest detective stories

    First published in 1978 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Wimsey Family: A Fragmentary History Compiled from Correspondence with Dorothy L. Sayers

    First published in 1978 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Greatest Cat Stories Ever Told: Thirty Unforgettable Cat Tales

    First published in 2001 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Wimsey Papers

    First published in 2021 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Omnibus of crime

    First published in 1937 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An account of Lord Mortimer Wimsey, the Hermit of the Wash: related in a letter to Sir H--- G--- Bart

    First published in 1937 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Jusep Torres Campalans

    First published in 2021 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Set of 7 Lord Peter Wimsey Books (Busman's Honeymoon; Clouds of Witness; Hangman's Holiday; Lord Peter Views the Body; Murder Must Advertise; Strong Poison; Unnatural Death)

    First published in 1981 1 edition
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  • Cover of: DANTE THE DIVINE COMEDY I HELL

    First published in 1953 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Peter Wimsey 13: Busman's Honeymoon

    First published in 1968 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lord Peter Compiled with an Introduction By James Sandoe (A Collection of all the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories)

    First published in 1972 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Clouds of Witness & The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

    First published in 1956 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Five Red Herrings

    First published in 2022 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: In the Teeth of the Evidence

    First published in 1974 1 edition
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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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February 7, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
September 18, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 30, 2023 Edited by Martha Carson Wade Edited without comment.
December 13, 2022 Edited by mheiman merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import