Busman's Honeymoon
Lord Peter Wimsey Book 13
Published on 1. May 1974
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-450-01800-8 (ISBN)
Description
A must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries, Lord Peter Wimsey is the immortal amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers.
'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily Telegraph
They plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride Harriet Vane find the previous owner's body in the cellar.
Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this is Dorothy L. Sayers' last full-length detective novel. Variously described as a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story with romantic interruptions, it lives up to both descriptions with style.
'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
'D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers' Daily Telegraph
They plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride Harriet Vane find the previous owner's body in the cellar.
Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this is Dorothy L. Sayers' last full-length detective novel. Variously described as a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story with romantic interruptions, it lives up to both descriptions with style.
'She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit.' P. D. James
Reviews / Votes
She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit. -- P.D. James Dorothy L Sayers is one of the best detective story writers. -- E. C. Bentley * Daily Telegraph * I admire her novels ... she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail. -- Ruth Rendell A truly great storyteller. -- Minette WaltersMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 118 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
248 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-450-01800-8 (9780450018008)
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01/1996
Hodder Paperback
€27.43
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Person
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.