The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? - Couverture souple

Sayers, Dorothy L.; Peschel, Bill

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1461060443 ISBN 13 : 9781461060444

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

When church architect Mr. Thipps finds a naked man in his Battersea bathroom, Lord Peter Wimsey is on the case! The aristocratic amateur detective, accompanied by his camera-bearing manservant Bunter, follows a trail of blood as he pursues stock market manipulation, medical malpractice and Lord Brocklebury's edition of Dante. But the curious case of the bathing body turns darker and deadlier as Lord Peter uncovers a ghastly crime.

Published in 1923, "Whose Body?" was Dorothy L. Sayer's debut novel, and Bill Peschel has provided hundreds of notes to guide the reader through Lord Peter's world, describing words, objects and ideas that were familiar to Sayers' readers but might be obscure or unknown today.

"The Complete, Annotated Whose Body" contains:

* More than 500 notes on England's personalities, aristocracy, politics, religion, history, society, and literature.

* Three maps of London showing locations important to the novel.

* Essays about England in the 1920s, such as anti-Semitism, Argentine banks and notorious criminals.

* Timelines of the life of Dorothy L. Sayers and Lord Peter Wimsey's cases.

"The Complete, Annotated Whose Body" contains more than 40,000 words of commentary, written by Pulitzer-prize winner Bill Peschel, on Sayers' novel and her world, helping readers to deepen their understanding and enjoyment of one of mystery's great detectives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

One of the great mystery novelists of the 20th century, DOROTHY L. SAYERS was born in Oxford in 1893 and was one of the first women to be granted a degree by Oxford University. She wrote more than a dozen Lord Peter novels and short stories, and three more were written by Jill Paton Walsh based on Sayers' manuscripts and notes. Sayers was also noted for her Christian writings and plays and her translation of Dante. She died in 1957. BILL PESCHEL is a longtime journalist and fan of Dorothy L. Sayers whose Wimsey Annotations project at www.planetpeschel.com continues to delight and enlighten fans. His first book, Writers Gone Wild: The Feuds, Frolics and Follies of Literature's Great Adventurers, Drunkards, Lovers, Iconoclasts and Misanthropes" (Penguin Books) was published in 2010. He lives in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1461060443
• ISBN 13: 9781461060444
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 290
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible