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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: Whose Body?

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  • Cover of: Murder Must Advertise

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  • Cover of: Busman's Honeymoon

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  • Cover of: Strong poison

    Cover of edition strongpoison0000saye_x3v8 Cover of edition isbn_0380015676 Cover of edition strongpoison0000saye Cover of edition strongpoison00sayerich Cover of edition strongpoison0000saye_f5i9 Cover of edition strongpoison00saye Cover of edition starkesgift00saye First published in 1930 — 80 editions
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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: Have His Carcase

    Cover of edition havehiscarcase00sayerich Cover of edition havehiscarcase0000saye Cover of edition havehiscarcase00saye Cover of edition zurfraglichenstu00saye_585 Cover of edition havehiscarcase00saye_093 First published in 1932 — 61 editions
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  • Cover of: Unnatural death

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  • Cover of: The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

    Cover of edition unpleasantnessat00saye Cover of edition unpleasantnessat00saye_0 Cover of edition unpleasantnessat0000saye Cover of edition unpleasantnessat0000saye_s8x2 Cover of edition rgerimbellonaclu00saye First published in 1928 — 53 editions
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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

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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: The song of Roland

    First published in 1967 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Striding folly, including three final Lord Peter Wimsey stories

    First published in 1972 — 15 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
  • D. L. Sayers
  • Dorothy L Sayers
  • Dorothy Leigh Dorothy Leigh Sayers
  • Dorothy Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Dorothy L. 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.
  • Dorothy L. Sayers
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  • Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) 1 Sayers
  • Dorothy L SAYERS
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  • YING ) Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Dorothy L. . Sayers
  • Dorothy L.Sayers

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February 7, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
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