Unnatural Death: The Dawson Pedigree - Brossura

Sayers, Dorothy L.

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ISBN 10: 0061043583 ISBN 13: 9780061043581

Casa editrice: Harper Torch, 1995

Riassunto

The senseless death of a wealthy old woman brings debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey to the scene of the crime, causing him to search for answers from a beautiful Hampshire village to a fashionable London flat. Reissue.

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Recensione:

“Dorothy Sayers is in a class by herself.” (Chicago Tribune)

“The Wimsey books are literate and delightful mysteries.” (Chicago Tribune)

“She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence and wit. She gave it a new style and a new direction, and she did more than almost any other writer of her age to make the genre intellectually respectable.” (P.D. James)

“One of the greatest mystery story writers of this century.” (Los Angeles Times)

L'autore:

Dorothy L. Sayers was born in 1893. She was one of the first women to be awarded a degree by Oxford University, and later she became a copywriter at an ad agency. In 1923 she published her first novel featuring the aristocratic detective Lord Peter Wimsey, who became one of the world's most popular fictional heroes. She died in 1957.

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• Editore: Harper Torch
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0061043583
• ISBN 13: 9780061043581
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264