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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: Whose Body?

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  • Cover of: Murder Must Advertise
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  • Cover of: Busman's honeymoon: A love story with detective interruptions.
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  • Cover of: Strong poison
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  • Cover of: Clouds of witness
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  • Cover of: Gaudy night
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  • Cover of: The Nine Tailors
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  • Cover of: The five red herrings: and, Murder Must Advertise
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    Cover of edition fiveredherrings00doro Cover of edition fiveredherrings00saye Cover of edition fiveredherrings0000saye_d3d2 Cover of edition fiveredherrings0000saye Cover of edition fiveredherrings00doro_0 First published in 1931 — 66 editions
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  • Cover of: Have His Carcase
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  • Cover of: Unnatural death
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  • Cover of: The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
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  • Cover of: Lord Peter Views the Body
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  • Cover of: The Documents in the Case
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  • Cover of: Hangman's holiday
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  • Cover of: In the teeth of the evidence.
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  • Cover of: The man born to be king: a play-cycle on the life of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, written for broadcasting.
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  • Cover of: The mind of the Maker
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  • Cover of: The Floating Admiral
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    Cover of edition floatingadminral00agat Cover of edition floatingadmiral0000unse Cover of edition floatingadmiralb0000agat Cover of edition floatingadmiral0000unse_t5f9 Cover of edition floatingadmiral0000dete Cover of edition floatingadmiral00agat First published in 1931 — 21 editions
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  • Cover of: Striding folly, including three final Lord Peter Wimsey stories
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    First published in 1972 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: The song of Roland
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    First published in 1967 — 15 editions
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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, Private investigators, Wimsey, peter, lord (fictitious character), fiction, England, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Lord Wimsey, Peter (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Large type books, Drama, Private investigators, fiction, Christianity, Crime, fiction, English Short stories, Fiction, crime, Children's fiction, English fiction, Fiction, general, History, History and criticism, Murder, Short stories, American Detective and mystery stories, 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
  • D. L. Sayers
  • Dorothy L Sayers
  • Dorothy Leigh Dorothy Leigh Sayers
  • Dorothy Dorothy L. Sayers
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  • Dorothy L (Dorothy Leigh) 1 Sayers
  • Sayers Sayers Dorothy L.
  • Sayers, Dorothy Leigh,
  • Sayers, Dorothy Leigh (1893-1957).
  • DOROTHY L. SAYERS
  • Sayers, Dorothy L
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  • Dorothy L. (Editor) Sayers
  • SAYERS, Dorothy L.
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  • Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) 1 Sayers
  • Dorothy L SAYERS
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  • dorothy sayers
  • YING ) Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Dorothy L. . Sayers
  • Dorothy L.Sayers

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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 M C W Edited without comment.
December 13, 2022 Edited by mheiman merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import