Whose Body? - Couverture souple

Sayers, Dorothy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486473627 ISBN 13 : 9780486473628

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2009

Synopsis

Book by Sayers Dorothy L

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

There’s a corpse in the bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez spectacles. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, the original gentleman sleuth. Urged to investigate by his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, Lord Peter quickly ascertains that the sudden disappearance of a well-known financier is in some way connected to the body in the bathroom. But discovering exactly which way they’re related leads the amateur detective on a merry chase. Written by a master of the detective story, this atmospheric tale abounds in the cozy delights of an English murder mystery. Dorothy L. Sayers ranks with Agatha Christie as a defining author of the genre. A novelist, essayist, and medieval scholar, Sayers was among the first women to receive an Oxford degree, and her translations of Dante remain in wide circulation. This novel marks the debut of her most popular creation, Lord Peter Wimsey, whose continuing adventures unfold amid the lively world of upper-crust British society in the 1920s. Sayers was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, Christian humanist, and a student of classical and modern languages. She is best known for her mysteries, a series of novels and short stories set between the First and Second World Wars that feature English aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, that remain popular to this day. However, Sayers herself considered her translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy to be her best work. She is also known for her plays, literary criticism and essays.

Quatrième de couverture :

It was the body of a tall stout man. On his dead face, a handsome pair of gold pince-nez mocked death with grotesque elegance.

The body wore nothing else.

Lord Peter Wimsey knew immediately what the corpse was supposed to be. His problem was to find out whose body had found its way into Mr Alfred Thipps' Battersea bathroom.

'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.'
P. D. James


Dorothy L. Sayers is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of the Golden Age of British crime fiction. She wrote eleven novels in the classic series featuring amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey, and several short story collections, all of which are available from Hodder. For more information about her life and work, please visit www.sayers.org.uk.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0486473627
• ISBN 13: 9780486473628
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160