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P. D. James

An English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords, most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.

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English crime writer (1920-2014)

Born 3 August 1920
Died 27 November 2014

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  • Cover of: Ar gortyn brau

    First published in 1972 60 editions in 5 languages — 13 previewable Cover of edition argortynbrau0000jame Cover of edition unsuitablejobfor0000jame_b3e5 Cover of edition unsuitablejobfor0000jame_o6h0 Cover of edition unsuitablejobfor00jame Cover of edition unsuitablejobfor0000jame_d5n6 Cover of edition unsuitablejobfo000jame Cover of edition unsuitablejobfor0000jame_r8d4 Cover of edition unsuitablejobfor0000jame_c9a0 Cover of edition isbn_0722149719
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  • Cover of: Cover her face

    First published in 1962 58 editions in 8 languages — 12 previewable Cover of edition visagecouvertrom0000jame Cover of edition cubreturostro0000jame Cover of edition einspielzuvielro0000jame Cover of edition coverherfaceadam00pdja Cover of edition coverherface0000jame_o0k7 Cover of edition coverherface0000jame Cover of edition coverherface000jame Cover of edition coverherface00pdja Cover of edition coverherface00jame
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  • Cover of: Black Tower

    First published in 1975 55 editions in 4 languages — 12 previewable Cover of edition meurtredansunfau0000jame Cover of edition blacktower0000jame_b7s8 Cover of edition blacktoweradamda0000pdja Cover of edition blacktower0000jame_m0x6 Cover of edition blacktowe00jame Cover of edition blacktower0000jame_b2w7 Cover of edition blacktower00pdja Cover of edition blacktower00jame Cover of edition blacktower0000jame_n6e8
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  • Cover of: A certain justice

    First published in 1617 54 editions in 6 languages — 9 previewable Cover of edition unecertainejusti0000jame Cover of edition certainjustice0000jame Cover of edition certainjusticead00jame Cover of edition certainjustice0000jame_e9a7 Cover of edition certainjustice00jame Cover of edition certainjustice000jame Cover of edition isbn_9780571195411 Cover of edition certainjusticead0000jame
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  • Cover of: Death of an Expert Witness

    First published in 1977 54 editions in 3 languages — 11 previewable Cover of edition muertedeunforens0000pdja_v4p4 Cover of edition deathofanexpertw00jame_0 Cover of edition deathofexpertwit0000jame_b2u9 Cover of edition deathofexpertwit0000jame_d5y5 Cover of edition deathofexpertwit00pdja Cover of edition deathofexpertwit0000jame Cover of edition deathofexpertwit0000jame_i6w3 Cover of edition deathofexpertwit00jame Cover of edition deathofexpertwit0000jame_t0h4
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  • Cover of: Unnatural causes

    First published in 1900 54 editions in 7 languages — 13 previewable Cover of edition sanslesmainsroma0000jame Cover of edition einunverhofftesg0000pdja Cover of edition unnaturalcauses0000jame Cover of edition unnaturalcauses00pdja Cover of edition unnaturalcauses00jame Cover of edition unnaturalcauses0000jame_e8e9 Cover of edition unnaturalcauses00jame_0 Cover of edition unnaturalcau00jame Cover of edition unnaturalcausesa00pdpd
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  • Cover of: Shroud for a nightingale

    First published in 1971 53 editions in 7 languages — 14 previewable Cover of edition meurtresenblouse0000jame_l6v3 Cover of edition todimweissenhaub0000jame_q2r6 Cover of edition todimweissenhaub0000jame Cover of edition todimweienhaubch0000jame Cover of edition mortajaparaunrui0000jame Cover of edition shroudfornightin0000jame Cover of edition shroudfornightin0001jame Cover of edition shroudfornightin00pdja Cover of edition shroudofnighting00pdja
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  • Cover of: The skull beneath the skin

    First published in 1982 51 editions in 5 languages — 9 previewable Cover of edition lacalaverabajola0000jame Cover of edition liledesmorts0000jame Cover of edition skullbeneath00jame Cover of edition skullbeneathskin00pdja Cover of edition skullbeneathskinjame00jame Cover of edition skullbeneathskin00jame Cover of edition skullbeneathskin00pdja_0 Cover of edition skullbeneathskin0000jame
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  • Cover of: Taste for Death

    First published in 1602 50 editions in 5 languages — 15 previewable Cover of edition uncertaingoutpou0000jame_k7v7 Cover of edition uncertaingoutpou0000jame_x9d8 Cover of edition uncertaingoutpou0000jame Cover of edition sabormuertetaste0000pdja Cover of edition isbn_9788804298625 Cover of edition tastefordeath0000jame_e1h2 Cover of edition tastefordeath00pdja_1 Cover of edition tastefordeathada00pdja Cover of edition tastefordeath0000jame_v3g2
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  • Cover of: A mind to murder

    First published in 1963 49 editions in 7 languages — 13 previewable Cover of edition unefoliemeurtrie0000jame_h4u6 Cover of edition elementaryanalys00shap Cover of edition unamenteperuccid0000jame Cover of edition eineseelevonmord0000jame Cover of edition mindtomurder0000jame_w1n6 Cover of edition mindtomurder0000jame_m2p4 Cover of edition mindtomurder00jame Cover of edition mindtomurder0000jame Cover of edition mindtomurder0000jame_d0z2
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  • Cover of: Innocent blood

    First published in 1980 46 editions in 8 languages — 13 previewable Cover of edition lameurtrire0000pdja Cover of edition lameurtriere0000jame Cover of edition ihresvatershausr0000jame Cover of edition innocentblood0000jame_r1q0 Cover of edition innocentblood0000jame_z4w7 Cover of edition innocentblood0000jame Cover of edition innocentblood1981jame Cover of edition innocentblood00pdja Cover of edition innocentblood00jame_huo
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  • Cover of: Death in holy orders

    First published in 2001 45 editions in 6 languages — 14 previewable Cover of edition meurtresensoutan0000jame Cover of edition morteinseminario0000jame Cover of edition mortenoseminario0000jame Cover of edition deathinholyorde00jame Cover of edition deathinholyorder00jame_1 Cover of edition deathinholyorder0000jame_j1a6 Cover of edition deathinholyorder0000jame_y4s6 Cover of edition deathinholyorder00jame Cover of edition deathinholyorder00jame_0
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  • Cover of: Devices and Desires

    First published in 1989 41 editions in 7 languages — 8 previewable Cover of edition paractionetparom0000jame_q1v8 Cover of edition isbn_9780446359757 Cover of edition devicesdesires0000jame_i6z6 Cover of edition devicesdesiresjam00jame Cover of edition isbn_9781400076246 Cover of edition devicesdesires0000jame_j9t6 Cover of edition devicesdesires00jame_0
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  • Cover of: The murder room

    First published in 1775 40 editions in 7 languages — 12 previewable Cover of edition hetmoordkabinet0000jame Cover of edition isbn_9785170702527 Cover of edition murderroom00jame Cover of edition murderroom00jame_0 Cover of edition murderroom00pdja Cover of edition murderroom00jamerich Cover of edition isbn_0571218237 Cover of edition isbn_9780754093220 Cover of edition murderroom0000jame
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  • Cover of: Original sin

    First published in 1994 39 editions in 8 languages — 13 previewable Cover of edition erfzonde0000jame Cover of edition werseinhausaufsu0000jame Cover of edition werseinhausaufsu0000pdja Cover of edition elpecadooriginal0000jame Cover of edition pervorodnyigrekh008800 Cover of edition pecheoriginel0000jame Cover of edition originalsinpaper00jame Cover of edition originalsin00jame Cover of edition originalsinvinta00pdja
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  • Cover of: The children of men

    First published in 1992 39 editions in 7 languages — 11 previewable Cover of edition ifiglidegliuomin0000jame_i3b2 Cover of edition childrenofmen0000jame_d0n0 Cover of edition childrenofmen00jame_0 Cover of edition childrenofmen0000jame_k8d3 Cover of edition childrenofmen00jame Cover of edition childrenofmennov0000jame Cover of edition childrenofmen00pdja Cover of edition thechildrenofmen0000pdja Cover of edition childrenofmen0000jame_y0x0
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  • Cover of: The Lighthouse: an Adam Dalgliesh mystery

    First published in 2005 32 editions in 6 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition lephareroman0000jame Cover of edition lighthouse0000jame Cover of edition isbn_9780307275738 Cover of edition isbn_9780739469699 Cover of edition lighthouse0000jame_c4h5 Cover of edition lighthouse00jame Cover of edition lighthouseadamda00pdja Cover of edition lighthouse00pdja Cover of edition lighthouseadamda00jame
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  • Cover of: Death comes to Pemberley

    First published in 2011 30 editions in 6 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition smertprikhoditvp0000jame Cover of edition deathcomestopemb0000jame_r4r9 Cover of edition deathcomestopemb0000jame_u5n8 Cover of edition deathcomestopemb0000jame_x8l0 Cover of edition deathcomestopemb0000jame Cover of edition deathcomestopemb0129jame_O6CXF Cover of edition deathcomestopemb0000jame_a4n5 Cover of edition deathcomestopemb00jame_0 Cover of edition deathcomestopemb0000jame_z9x1
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  • Cover of: The Private Patient

    First published in 2008 26 editions in 8 languages — 11 previewable Cover of edition patientendalglie0000pdja Cover of edition unemortesthetiqu0000jame Cover of edition unemortesthetiqu0000jame_e5p9 Cover of edition privatepatient0000jame_l1e1 Cover of edition privatepatient0000jame Cover of edition privatepatient0000jame_j3b4 Cover of edition privatepatientvi00pdja Cover of edition privatepatient00jame Cover of edition privatepatient0000jame_n4k8
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  • Cover of: The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811

    First published in 1971 24 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition maulpeartreeratc00jame Cover of edition maulpeartre00jame Cover of edition maulpeartreeratc0000jame
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English crime writer (1920-2014)

Born 3 August 1920
Died 27 November 2014
Subjects
Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Large type books, Police, Adam Dalgliesh (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, England, fiction, Dalgliesh, adam (fictitious character), fiction, Murder, Investigation, Mystery, English Detective and mystery stories, English literature, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, London (england), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, New York Times reviewed, Fiction in English, Fiction, crime, Cordelia Gray (Fictitious character), Mystery fiction, English fiction, Fiction, general, Mystery and detective stories, Crimes against
Places
England, London, Great Britain, Australia, Dorset, Dorset (England), London (England), 1800-1837, 221B Baker Street, Abbey Grange, Ballarat, Boscombe Pool, Boscombe Valley, Chislehurst, Cornwall, East Anglia, East Anglia (England), Hatherley Farm, Herefordshire, Inglaterra, Island of Courcy, London Tower Hamlets, New York, Norfolk, Oxford (England)
People
Adam Dalgliesh (Fictitious character), Adam Dalgliesh, Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Cordelia Gray, John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Alice Turner, Ballarat Gang, Charles McCarthy, Elizabeth (Fictitious character) - Bennet (Fiction), Elizabeth Bennet (Fictitious character), Eustace Brackenstall, Fitzwilliam (Fictitious character) - Darcy (Fiction), Fitzwilliam Darcy (Fictitious character), Inspector Lestrade, Jack Croker, James McCarthy, Jane Austen (1775-1817), John Turner, John Williams (d. 1811), Lady Brackenstall, P. D. James, Patience Moran, Phyllis Dorothy - Diari James, Phyllis Dorothy James (1920-)
Time
21st century, 19th century, 20th century, 1800-1837, 1803, 18th century, s. XX-XXI

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  • Phyllis Dorothy James
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