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Dorothy L. Sayers

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

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Born 13 June 1893
Died 17 December 1957

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  • Cover of: Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries Vols. 1 of 3: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death

    First published in 2013 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Man Born to Be King: A Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

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  • Cover of: Clouds of Witness

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  • Cover of: The Best horror stories

    First published in 1977 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Best Crime Stories Ever Told

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  • Cover of: Whose Body?: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery

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  • Cover of: Strong Poison

    First published in 1951 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Man Born To Be King

    First published in 1943 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Sämtliche Detektivgeschichten und Romane in Einzelausgaben

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  • Cover of: Crime on the coast

    First published in 1984 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Three great Lord Peter novels: Strong poison. Murder must advertise. The nine tailors

    First published in 1978 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The abominable history of the man with copper fingers

    First published in 1982 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Clouds of witness, and the unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

    First published in 1956 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Der Mann mit den Kupferfingern. Und andere Lord Peter- Geschichten.

    First published in 1985 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The new Sayers omnibus.: Containing: The five red herrings, Have his carcase, Murder must advertise.

    First published in 1956 — 2 editions
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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
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  • Cover of: Why work?: An address delivered at Eastbourne, April 23rd, 1942

    First published in 1942 — 2 editions
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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
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  • Cover of: The mysterious English

    First published in 1941 — 2 editions
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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
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Born 13 June 1893
Died 17 December 1957

Subjects

Fiction, English Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators, Wimsey, peter, lord (fictitious character), fiction, England, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Lord Wimsey, Peter (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Large type books, Drama, Private investigators, fiction, Christianity, Crime, fiction, English Short stories, Children's fiction, English fiction, Fiction, crime, Fiction, general, History, Short stories, American Detective and mystery stories, History and criticism, Murder, short story

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), Lord Peter Wimsey, Faust (d. ca. 1540), Grimesby Roylott, Harriet Vane, Helen Stoner, 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, 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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Alternative names

  • Dorothy Leigh Sayers
  • Dorothy/Walsh, J. P. Sayers
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  • Sayers, Dorothy Leigh (1893-1957).
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  • Dorothy L. (Editor) Sayers
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  • Dorothy L.Sayers

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February 7, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
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