Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories - Softcover

Dorothy L. Sayers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060137886 ISBN 13: 9780060137885

Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers, 1972

Synopsis

One of the founding mothers of mystery, Dorothy Sayers first introduced the popular character Lord Peter Wimsey in 1923 with the publication of Whose Body? Over the next twenty years, more novels and short stories about the aristocratic amateur sleuth appeared, each one as cunningly written as the next.Now in single volume, here are all the Lord Peter Wimsey stories, a treasure for any mystery lover. From "The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag" to "The Image in the Mirror" and "Talboys," this collection is Lord Peter at his best -- and a true testament to the art of detective fiction.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

"One of the greatest mystery story writers of this century." -- --Los Angeles Times

"What could be of greater joy to Wimsey fanciers than this volume of all the short stories about him?" -- --San Francisco Examiner Chronicle

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper & Row Publishers
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0060137886
• ISBN 13: 9780060137885
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 487