Striding Folly : (Lord Peter Wimsey #15)

Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers

Crime

Dorothy L Sayers' amateur sleuth returns in this collection of three stories, featuring a brand new introduction. A must-read for fans of the inimitable Lord Peter Wimsey, as well Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries. Three of Lord Peter Wimsey's most baffling cases demonstrate his unique detection skills at their most spectacular ...The engima of a house numbered thirteen in a street of even numbers; an indignant child accused of theft, a dream about a game of chess that uncovers the true story behind a violent death. Each of the stories introduces a different side of the twentieth century's most ingenious detective hero, and this book also features a biographical essay by Janet Hitchman, Sayers' first biographer.

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Dorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957. www.sayers.org.uk

General Fields

  • : 9781473621510
  • : Hodder & Stoughton
  • : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
  • : 0.128
  • : January 2017
  • : 196mm X 131mm X 11mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : March 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Dorothy L. Sayers
  • : Paperback
  • : 1704
  • : English
  • : 823.912
  • : 176