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Thrones, Dominations: The new Lord Peter Wimsey Novel Book

Asked by her new husband, the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey, why she is having trouble writing her latest mystery novel, Harriet Vane explains, "When I needed the money, it justified itself. It was a job of work, and I did it as well as I could, and that was that. But now, you see, it has no necessity except itself. And, of course, it's hard; it's always been hard, and it's getting harder. So when I'm stuck I think, this isn't my livelihood, and it isn't great art, it's only detective stories. You read them and write them for fun." Is this a clue to the mystery of why Dorothy L. Sayers put aside her 13th full-length Lord Peter novel in 1938 and never finished it? She had made lots of money, and was much more interested in translating Dante and writing about religion. Or is it another excellent novelist, Jill Paton Walsh, speculating--in a perfect imitation of Sayers's voice--on what might have happened? Walsh was invited by the estate of Sayers' illegitimate son, Anthony Fleming, to finish Thrones, Dominations. She has done a splendid job, certain to please Sayers loyalists on the "dorothyl" listserv as well as those new to the Wimsey canon. Lord Peter has been made much more human and interesting by marriage; Harriet is a wise and acerbic companion; and the story, about the murders of two beautiful young women involved with a theatrical producer, is full of twists and connivance. There's also a fascinating subplot involving the soon-to-abdicate King Edward VII and a country on the brink of the second world war. Earlier Wimseys in paperback include The Five Red Herrings, Gaudy Night, Murder Must Advertise, and Unnatural Death. Books in print by Walsh include a mystery called A Piece of Justice and a novel, The Serpentine Cave.Read More

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    This is the unfinished crime novel started by Dorothy L. Sayers and uncompleted at her death. Using the original lost fragment and Sayers' own notes, Jill Paton Walsh has completed this story of a society murder, set in London in 1936, and the efforts of Lord Peter Wimsey to unmask the killer.

  • TheBookPeople

    Based in 1936, Lord Peter Wimsey has just returned from his honeymoon and is ready to set up home with his cherished new wife, the novelist Harriet Vane. As they enter into the fashionable London socialite scene, they encounter the glamourous and wealthy couple Rosamund and Laurence Harwell - a couple very much not in love. And all too soon, one of them is dead. This is a murder case that only Wimsey can solve. An unfinished novel by Dorothy L. Sayers that was completed by Jill Paton Walsh, this engrossing and intelligent book will appeal to fans of both authors.

  • Blackwell

    Jill Paton Walsh triumphantly completes Dorothy L. Sayers last unfinished detective novel, featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and his new wife, Harriet Vane. It is 1936 and Lord Peter Wimsey has returned from his honeymoon to set up home with his...

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    Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh

  • 0340684569
  • 9780340684566
  • Dorothy L Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
  • 17 September 1998
  • New English Library
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 384
  • New Ed
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