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Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers: The Complete Stories

Editura: Harper Perennial

Anul aparitiei: 2002

All of the short stories by "one of the greatest mystery story writers" ("Los Angeles Times") is collected for the first time in one volume. This delightfully gruesome compendium of puzzles and baffling cases features such favorites as Lord Peter Wimsey, one of fiction's most popular detectives, and working class salesman-sleuth Montague Egg.

Dorothy L. Sayers

The Mind of the Maker

Editura: HarperOne

Anul aparitiei: 1987

This classic, with a new introduction by Madeleine L'Engle, is by turns an entrancing mediation on language; a piercing commentary on the nature of art and why so much of what we read, hear, and see falls short; and a brilliant examination of the fundamental tenets of Christianity. The Mind of the Maker will be relished by those already in love with Dorothy L. Sayers and those who have not yet met her. A mystery writer, a witty and perceptive theologian, culture critic, and playwright, Dorothy Sayers sheds new, unexpected light on a specific set of statements made in the Christian creeds. She examines anew such ideas as the image of God, the Trinity, free will, and evil, and in these pages a wholly revitalized understanding of them emerges. The author finds the key in the parallels between the creation of God and the human creative process. She continually refers to each in a way that illuminates both.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

Editura: Harper Paperbacks

Anul aparitiei: 1986

Now collected in a single volume, mysteries featuring Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey, the aristocratic amateur sleuth introduced in 1923, are attractively repackaged for a new generation of readers. Features "The Image in the Mirror", "Tallboys", and many more.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Busman's Honeymoon: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane

Editura: HarperTorch

Anul aparitiei: 1995

Murder is hardly the best way for Lord Peter and his bride, the famous mystery writer Harriet Vane, to start their honeymoon. It all begins when the former owner of their newly acquired estate is found quite nastily dead in the cellar. And what Lord Peter had hoped would be a very private and romantic stay in the country soon turns into a most baffling case, what with the misspelled "notise" to the milkman and the intriguing condition of the dead man -- not a spot of blood on his smashed skull and not a pence less than six hundred pounds in his pocket.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Have His Carcase

Editura: HarperTorch

Anul aparitiei: 1995

Recovering from an unhappy love affair, a mystery writer seeks solace on a barren beach--deserted but for the body of a young man with his throat cut. A Lord Peter Wimsey mystery.

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Clouds of Witness

Editura: HarperTorch

Anul aparitiei: 1995

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat with country pleasures and the thrill of the hunt--until the game turned up human and quite dead. The accused murderer was Lord Peter's own brother.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Whose Body?

Editura: HarperTorch

Anul aparitiei: 1995

The naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder--especially with a pair of gold pince-nez deliberately perched before the sightless eyes. What's more, the face appeared to have been shaved after death. In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the mystery of the corpse in the bath.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Unnatural Death

Editura: HarperTorch

Anul aparitiei: 1995

The wealthy woman was dead--a trifle sooner that expected. The intricate trail of horror and senseless murder led from a beautiful Hampshire village to a fashionable London flat and a deliberate test of amour--staged by the debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.

Dorothy L. Sayers

The Nine Tailors

Editura: Mariner Books

Anul aparitiei: 1966

The Nine Tailors is Dorothy L. Sayers's finest mystery, featuring Lord Peter Whimsey, and a classic of the genre. The nine tellerstrokes from the belfry of an ancient country church toll out the death of an unknown man and call the famous Lord Peter Whimsey to investigate the good and evil that lurks in every person. Steeped in the atmosphere of a quiet parish in the strange, flat fen-country of East Anglia, this is a tale of suspense, character, and mood by an author critics and readers rate as one of the great masters of the mystery novel.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Whose Body?

Editura: Dover Publications

Anul aparitiei: 2009

There's a corpse in the bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez spectacles. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, the original gentleman sleuth. Urged to investigate by his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, Lord Peter quickly ascertains that the sudden disappearance of a well-known financier is in some way connected to the body in the bathroom. But discovering exactly which way they're related leads the amateur detective on a merry chase. Written by a master of the detective story, this atmospheric tale abounds in the cozy delights of an English murder mystery. Dorothy L. Sayers ranks with Agatha Christie as a defining author of the genre. A novelist, essayist, and medieval scholar, Sayers was among the first women to receive an Oxford degree, and her translations of Dante remain in wide circulation. This novel marks the debut of her most popular creation, Lord Peter Wimsey, whose continuing adventures unfold amid the lively world of upper-crust British society in the 1920s.

Dorothy L. Sayers

Are Women Human?

Editura: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Anul aparitiei: 2005

Introduction by Mary McDermott Shideler One of the first women to graduate from Oxford University, Dorothy Sayers pursued her goals whether or not what she wanted to do was ordinarily understood to be "feminine." Sayers did not devote a great deal of time to talking or writing about feminism, but she did explicitly address the issue of women's role in society in the two classic essays collected here. Central to Sayers's reflections is the conviction that both men and women are first of all human beings and must be regarded as essentially much more alike than different. We are to be true not so much to our sex as to our humanity. The proper role of both men and women, in her view, is to find the work for which they are suited and to do it. Though written several decades ago, these essays still offer in Sayers's piquant style a sensible and conciliatory approach to ongoing gender issues.

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Hangman's Holiday Lord Peter Wimsey Book 9

Editura: Hodder & Stoughton

Anul aparitiei: 1974

The classic British detective series featuring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. Page dim. 177 x 113 x 17 Weight: 144 grams

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Clouds Of Witness

Editura: BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House

Anul aparitiei: 2006

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. In a shocking scandal, the like of which has not been seen in the English aristocracy since the eighteenth century, Lord Peter Wimsey's elder brother, the Duke of Denver, stands accused of murder. Page dim. 126 x 147 x 24 Weight: 176 grams

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Murder Must Advertise A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Production

Editura: BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House

Anul aparitiei: 2006

When copywriter Victor Dean falls to his death on the stairs of Pym's Advertising Agency, no one seems to mind. That is, until Lord Peter joins the firm incognito as Dean's replacement and starts asking questions which lead him into a network of blackmailers, drug pushers and one of the most deadly plots of crime fiction. Page dim. 124 x 142 x 10 Weight: 104 grams

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Murder Must Advertise Classic crime fiction at its best

Editura: Hodder & Stoughton

Anul aparitiei: 1983

The tenth book in the classic British detective series featuring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, with a new introduction by bestselling crime writer Peter Robinson. Page dim. 197 x 131 x 26 Series: Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Weight: 282 grams

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The Nine Tailors Gripping murder mystery for fans of Agatha Christie

Editura: Hodder & Stoughton

Anul aparitiei: 1959

The eleventh book in the classic British detective series featuring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, with a new introduction by crime writer Jill Paton Walsh. Page dim. 131 x 197 x 27 Series: Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Weight: 278 grams

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Busman's Honeymoon Classic crime for Agatha Christie fans

Editura: Hodder & Stoughton

Anul aparitiei: 1974

The thirteenth book in the classic British detective series featuring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, with a new introduction by crime writer Natasha Cooper. Page dim. 132 x 198 x 30 Series: Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Weight: 320 grams

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Lord Peter Wimsey Investigates Selected Short Stories

Editura: Pan Macmillan

Anul aparitiei: 2018

The very best of Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey short stories in one volume, edited and introduced by crime writer David Stuart Davies. Page dim. 155 x 105 x 24 Series: Macmillan Collector's Library Weight: 236 grams

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Lord Peter Wimsey: BBC Radio Drama Collection Volume 3 Four BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations

Editura: BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House

Anul aparitiei: 2018

Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in these classic BBC radio dramatisations of Dorothy L Sayers' Golden Age crime novels. Gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey starred in a number of novels and short stories by Dorothy L Sayers. These full-cast adaptations - first broadcast on BBC radio between 1979 and 2010 - are cherished by crime aficionados worldwide. Murder Must Advertise sees Lord Peter going undercover in an advertising agency to investigate the death of a copywriter. The Nine Tailors finds the aristocratic detective stranded in a remote village, where he is drawn into a case of stolen jewels and an unidentified body. Gaudy Night takes place at Harriet Vane's old Oxford college, where a series of spiteful pranks and poison-pen letters have torn apart the academic community. With Lord Peter's help, can she uncover the perpetrator? In Busman's Honeymoon, newlyweds Harriet and Peter have their marital bliss disturbed by a body in the basement - and are once again embroiled in a murder investigation. These evocative dramas also feature Allan Cuthbertson, Peter Jones, Joanna David and Sarah Badel. Duration: 11 hours approx. ...

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Six Against the Yard

Editura: HarperCollins Publishers

Anul aparitiei: 2019

A unique anthology for crime aficionados - six 'perfect murder' stories written by the most accomplished crime writers of the 1930s, designed to fox real-life Scotland Yard Superintendent Cornish, who comments on whether or not these crimes could have genuinely been solved. Page dim. 130 x 197 x 23 Weight: 206 grams