#Sayers wimsey chronological book list series#
#Sayers wimsey chronological book list tv#

However, she fought for her rights and graduated with an M.A degree in the year 1920. During that time, women were not meant to be awarded with degrees. She studied medieval literature and modern languages at the college and passed out with first class honors in the year 1915. Sayers won a scholarship in the year 1912 that allowed her to a join the Somerville College in Oxford. From the year 1909 onwards, Dorothy was made to attend a boarding school named The Godolphin School in Salisbury, while her father moved to Christchurch in Cambridgeshire. She took the names of most of her characters from the church graveyard next to her home in the village. She went to develop the plots of her mystery novels around the real life locations in her vicinity such as the River Great Ouse and the Fens. As a result, she had to spend most of her growing years in the small village of Bluntisham. When her father was asked to move to the village of Bluntisham in Huntingdonshire in order to work as a rector, Dorothy also had to go along with them. Dorothy began learning the Latin language from her father at the age of 6.

He was also the headmaster of the Choir school. She was the only child of her parents and was born in the Christ Church Cathedral where her father, Henry Sayers was a chaplain. Dorothy was born on 13 June 1893 in Oxford, United Kingdom and died on 17 December 1957 at the age of 64 in Witham, Essex, United Kingdom. Apart from writing novels and short stories, Dorothy also used to visit plays and literary shows. However, according to her, the translation of Divine Comedy by Dante is her best work of her career. The character sketch of Lord Peter Wimsey was done in such an interesting manner by Dorothy that it still remains one of the popular characters in a mystery series. The mysteries written by Dorothy feature the main character in the form an amateur sleuth and English aristocrat named Lord Peter Wimsey.

#Sayers wimsey chronological book list series#

Sayers best known for writing her mystery novel series, which were a series of thriller novels and short stories set between the 1st and 2nd World Wars. As far as her career as a novelist is concerned, Dorothy L. Dorothy used to love studying modern and classical languages during her growing years. She was also a renowned crime writer, playwright, Christian humanist and an essayist. 1 (By:)Дorothy Leigh Sayers was a noteworthy British author, poet, translator and copywriter who had a particular interest in writing mystery, thriller and non-fiction novels. Scott Fitzgerald)ДЄlfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous (With: Ellis Peters,Ray Bradbury,Robert Arthur,Richard Matheson,Michael Gilbert,Carter Dickson,Julian May,Margot Bennett)ДЄlfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month Of Mystery (By:)ДЄlfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master's Choice.

#Sayers wimsey chronological book list tv#

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