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Dorothy L. Sayers
An ingenious tale of murder from one of the greatest mystery writers of the twentieth century, featuring her dashing amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey
Ninety-year-old General Fentiman has been sitting…
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Showcasing Sayers' continued growth as an author, Clouds of Witness (1926) is an exciting second entry in the popular Lord Peter Wimsey detective series.
One morning at three am, Captain…
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From Dorothy L. Sayers, one of the Queens of Crime, comes the third addition to the Lord Peter Wimsey series, Unnatural Death.
"The death was certainly sudden, unexpected, and to…
On Remembrance Day at the Bellona Club, ninety year old General Fentiman is found dead in an armchair. While certainly unpleasant in and of itself, stranger yet is the seemingly…
Dorothy L Sayers
Immerse yourself in the complete literary tapestry of Dorothy L Sayers with "Collected Works." This extensive anthology gathers all of Sayers' writings, offering readers an unparalleled opportunity to explore her…
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This volume contains the complete correspondence between Anglican priest, theologian, and founder of the Society of the Sacred Mission, Herbert Hamilton Kelly (1860-1950) and crime novelist, playwright, and Christian apologist…
Previously published in 2002 by Harper Perennial, with a new afterword.
Colin Duriez
From detectives to Dante - the life of the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey
Dorothy L Sayers,Jill Paton Walsh
Jill Paton Walsh triumphantly completes Dorothy L. Sayers’ last unfinished detective novel, featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and his new wife, Harriet Vane.
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"The Lord Peter Wimsey Series: Volume I" by Grapevine Press invites readers to immerse themselves in the captivating world of the renowned detective, Lord Peter Wimsey. This anthology brings together…
Charismatic aristocrat detective Lord Peter Wimsey -- with his keen intellect; refined taste for food, wine, fashion, music, and art; and wit as sharp as his Savile Row suits --…
Whose Body? Is perhaps the greatest first novels every written. In it Dorothy L. Sayers introduces us to her brilliant detective Lord Peter Wimsey.
The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have…
Unnatural death, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its…
Discover the captivating world of Dorothy L. Sayers through this remarkable collection featuring some of her most celebrated works. This anthology includes the iconic Whose Body? where the astute amateur…
Counted among the four "Queens of Crime", Dorothy L. Sayers was an English writer best known for her upper-class amateur sleuth Peter Wimsey, who first appeared in "Whose Body?", Sayers'…
Alzina Stone Dale
1993 marked the 100th birthday of Dorothy L. Sayers and in her honor Dale gathered a baker’s dozen of the finest and most popular mystery writers from the United States…
Eric Sandberg
While focusing on her mystery fiction, this companion offers a full view of all aspects of Dorothy L. Sayers’ career. Its more than 200 entries examine her major works, characters…
Revised for the 1993 centennial celebration of the birth of Dorothy L. Sayers, this biography describes a life profuse with literary products as rich and varied as her past.
C. Downing
Employing exuberant illustrations from Sayers’ detective fiction to make theoretical issues accessible, the book employs insights from performance theory to argue that Sayers, though a popularizer, presciently anticipated the postmodern…
Barbara Reynolds
Mystery writer Dorothy Sayers is loved and remembered, most notably, for the creation of sleuths Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. As this biography attests, Sayers was also one of…
Christine M. Fletcher
An illuminating examination of writer and lay theologian Dorothy L. Sayers’ Trinitarian understanding of human creativity, and how it offers a theologically authentic basis for a socially-committed Christian life.
Christine M Fletcher
About the Contributor(s): Christine M. Fletcher is Assistant Professor of Theology at Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois. She is the author of numerous articles on the ethics of work and on…
Aoife Leahy
Dorothy L. Sayers wrote bestselling detective novels and short stories in the 1920s and 1930s. Working within a popular medium, Sayers promotes nineteenth century and modernist literature with skills learnt…
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Janice Brown
Janice Brown examines Sayers’s major works, beginning with her early poetry and moving through her works of fiction to the dramas, essays, and lectures written in the last years of…
Crystal Downing
Subversive shows how Sayers ignites new ways to think about Christianity, shocking people into seeing the truth of ancient doctrine; inspiring believers to evaluate how and why their language perpetuates…
The twelfth book in the classic British detective series featuring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, with a new introduction by actress Dame Harriet Mary Walter, DBE.
Christine Colon
This book explores how Sayers negotiates the complexities of early twentieth century literary culture by embracing a Victorian literary tradition of writing to engage a wide audience.
Nancy-Lou Patterson
Second printing. 294 pp. bib, appendix, index, illus. by the author. Eds. Emily E. Auger & Janet Brennan Croft. TOC/TRANSFORMATIONS & TRANSGRESSIONS 1. All Nerves and Nose Lord Peter Wimsey…
Gail Freyne
No one after reading this thought-provoking book will blithely assert that we are living in an age of equality between the sexes. Taking the 1930s detective fiction of Dorothy L.
The Wimsey mysteries established Dorothy Sayers as one of the foremost practitioners of detective fiction during the golden age of the British mystery.
This is a rare collection of 24…
Gina Dalfonzo
Author unpacks the intriguing friendship of C. S. Lewis and Dorothy Sayers, examining how it pushed them both to grow in their faith and to explore new facets of their…
