Dorothy L Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) was an English writer best known for her crime novels, poems and short stories. She grew up in a small village and attended boarding school before receiving a scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford. Sayers graduated in 1915 and published her first collection of poetry OP. I in 1916. Years later, she began working on the crime story Whose Body? , which would become her most celebrated work. It features the introduction of amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey,...See more
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957) was an English writer best known for her crime novels, poems and short stories. She grew up in a small village and attended boarding school before receiving a scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford. Sayers graduated in 1915 and published her first collection of poetry OP. I in 1916. Years later, she began working on the crime story Whose Body? , which would become her most celebrated work. It features the introduction of amateur detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, who appears in more than ten of her novels. See less
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Dorothy L Sayers book reviews
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The Nine Tailors
one of my favorites!
by Leslie G, Jul 18, 2020
Really sets the time and place - 1930's in the rural Fen country of England - with great characters - Dorothy Sayer's best duo sleuths - Lord Peter Wimsey and Bunter and a wonderful who-done-it plot. ... Read More
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Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane
In which love finally triumphs over Harriet's resi
by Carol, Feb 27, 2020
Everything Sayers wrote was impeccable and they say she saw herself in both Harriet and Peter! I find that easy to believe!
This is one of my favorite books ever by anyone;as a daughter of ... Read More
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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Fantastic read
by lisa a, Oct 6, 2014
I love Dorothy Sayers and I have made it my business to read all her books (especially her Lord Peter stories) This was absolutely charming! Read More
