Last edited by Graham Redman
March 6, 2011 | History
Dorothy L. Sayers
13 June 1893 - 17 December 1957
An English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator and Christian humanist.
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Whose body?
41 editions - first published in 1923 Borrow -
Murder must advertise
36 editions - first published in 1933 Borrow -
Busman's honeymoon (Novel): a love story with detective interruptions
36 editions - first published in 1937 Borrow -
The nine tailors: changes rung on an old theme in two short touches and two full peals
35 editions - first published in 1934 Borrow -
The five red herrings
33 editions - first published in 1931 Checked out -
Unnatural death
31 editions - first published in 1927 Borrow -
Clouds of witness
30 editions - first published in 1926 Borrow -
The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
30 editions - first published in 1928 Borrow -
Strong poison
27 editions - first published in 1930 DAISY -
Have his carcase
27 editions - first published in 1932 Borrow -
Gaudy night
26 editions - first published in 1935 Borrow -
The documents in the case
22 editions - first published in 1930 -
Lord Peter views the body
22 editions - first published in 1900 Borrow -
Hangman's holiday
21 editions - first published in 1933 DAISY -
The man born to be king: a play-cycle on the life of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
14 editions - first published in 1900 DAISY -
In the teeth of the evidence
13 editions - first published in 1939 DAISY -
The mind of the Maker
13 editions - first published in 1941 DAISY -
Lord Peter
11 editions - first published in 1971 DAISY -
Further papers on Dante
7 editions - first published in 1957 -
Introductory papers on Dante
7 editions - first published in 1954 -
Begin here: a war-time essay
6 editions - first published in 1940 -
The devil to pay: being the famous history of John Faustus, the conjurer of Wittenberg in Germany; how he sold his immortal soul to the enemy of mankind, and was served XXIV years by Mephistopheles, and obtained Helen of Troy to his paramour, with many other marvels; and how God dealt with him at the last. A stage-play
6 editions - first published in 1939 -
Four sacred plays
6 editions - first published in 1948 -
Striding Folly: including three final Lord Peter Wimsey stories
6 editions - first published in 1977 -
The zeal of thy house
5 editions - first published in 1937 -
A Presumption of Death
5 editions - first published in 2003 -
Christian letters to a post-Christian world: 18 essays
5 editions - first published in 1969 -
Creed or chaos?: and other essays in popular theology.
5 editions - first published in 1940 -
The Emperor Constantine: a chronicle
4 editions - first published in 1951 -
In the teeth of the evidence, and other stories
4 editions - first published in 1940 -
A treasury of Sayers stories: [being 24 of the finest detective short stories]
4 editions - first published in 1958 -
A matter of eternity: Selections from the writings of Dorothy L. Sayers.
4 editions - first published in 1973 -
The Christ of the creeds: & other broadcast messages to the British people during World War II
4 editions - first published in 2008 -
The omnibus of crime
4 editions - first published in 1929 -
Unpopular opinions: twenty-one essays.
4 editions - first published in 1946 -
The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection
4 editions - first published in 1990 -
The lord Peter omnibus: Comprising Clouds of witness, Unnatural death, The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club.
4 editions - first published in 1964 -
The Letters of Dorothy L.Sayers: 1937-1943, From Novelist to Playwright (Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1937-1943)
4 editions - first published in 1997 -
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
3 editions - first published in 1995 -
The greatest drama ever staged
3 editions - first published in 1938 -
The poetry of search and the poetry of statement: and other posthumous essays on literature, religion, and language
3 editions - first published in 1963 -
Great Detective Stories
3 editions - first published in 1999 -
The days of Christ's coming
3 editions - first published in 1960 -
The letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1899-1936: the making of a detective novelist
3 editions - first published in 1995 -
Striding folly, including three final Lord Peter Wimsey stories
3 editions - first published in 1972 -
Two Plays About God And Man
3 editions - first published in 1977 -
Tales of detection
3 editions - first published in 1936 -
Thrones, dominations
3 editions - first published in 1998 Borrow -
The third omnibus of crime
3 editions - first published in 1935 Borrow -
Four complete Lord Peter Wimsey novels
3 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
Clouds of witness, and the unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
2 editions - first published in 1956 -
Hochzeit kommt vor dem Fall. Roman
2 editions - first published in 2000 -
Lord Peter Views the Body (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
The Wimsey Family: A Fragmentary History Compiled from Correspondence with Dorothy L. Sayers
2 editions - first published in 1978 -
Lord Peter Views the Body (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries (Paperback))
2 editions - first published in 1995 -
Strong Poison (A Lord Peter Wimsey Msytery)
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
El Misterio Del Bellona Club
2 editions - first published in 2005 -
Four Classic Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Strong Poison/Have His Carcase/Gaudy Night/Busman's Honeymoon
2 editions - first published in 1990 -
Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
2 editions - first published in 1995 -
Strong meat
2 editions - first published in 1939 -
The other six deadly sins: an address given to the Public Morality Council at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on October 23rd, 1941
2 editions - first published in 1943 -
In the Teeth of the Evidence (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries (Paperback))
2 editions - first published in 1995 -
Op. I.
2 editions - first published in 1916 -
Double Death
2 editions - first published in 1986 -
Creed or chaos? and other essays in popular theology.
2 editions - first published in 1947 -
Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries (Paperback))
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Aufruhr in Oxford
2 editions - first published in 2000 -
The just vengeance: the Lichfield festival play for 1946
2 editions - first published in 1946 -
Great Tales of Detection: Nineteen Stories (Everyman's Library (Paper))
2 editions - first published in 1992 -
Dood op de ijzeren trap
2 editions - first published in 1961 -
Der Mann mit den Kupferfingern. Und andere Lord Peter- Geschichten
2 editions - first published in 1985 -
Have His Carcase (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery With Harriet Vane)
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Why work?: an address delivered at Eastbourne April 23rd, 1942.
2 editions - first published in 1942 -
The Mysterious English
2 editions - first published in 1941 -
The Sayers holiday book: containing: Gaudy night, a novel; Strong poison, a novel; In the teeth of the evidence, seventeen stories.
2 editions - first published in 1963 -
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries (Audio))
2 editions - first published in 2005 -
The Dawson pedigree and Lord Peter views the body
2 editions - first published in 1938 -
Gaudy Night (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery With Harriet Vane)
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
The lost tools of learning: paper read at a vacation course in education, Oxford, 1947
2 editions - first published in 1948 -
The new Sayers omnibus: containing: The five red herrings, Have his carcase, Murder must advertise.
2 editions - first published in 1956 -
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror: third series
2 editions - first published in 1931 -
Spiritual writings
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
The abominable history of the man with copper fingers
2 editions - first published in 1982 -
He that should come: a nativity play in one act
2 editions - first published in 1939 -
On the case with Lord Peter Wimsey
2 editions - first published in 1991 -
Are women human?
2 editions - first published in 1971 DAISY -
The Sayers tandem: comprising The nine tailors and Busman's honeymoon
2 editions - first published in 1957 -
Dorothy L. Sayers
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Strong Poison (Classic Crime)
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
The nine tailors: changes rung on an old theme: in two short touches and two full peals
1 edition - first published in 1962 -
The Five read herrings
1 edition - first published in 1931 -
Striding Folly (Crime Club)
1 edition - first published in 1973 -
Doze enigmas para um detective
1 edition - first published in 1997 -
Der Fall Harrison
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Murder Must Advertise (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
1 edition - first published in 1983 -
Lord Peters schwerster Fall
1 edition - first published in 2000 -
Arrêt du coeur
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
The World's Greatest Detective Stories
1 edition - first published in 1978 -
In feiner Gesellschaft. Lord Peters letzter Fall
1 edition - first published in 2000
Subjects
Fiction,
Lord Wimsey, Peter (Fictitious character),
Private investigators,
English Detective and mystery stories,
Protected DAISY,
Accessible book,
Translations into Russian,
In library,
Detective and mystery stories,
Drama,
Large type books,
Christianity,
Fiction in English,
Harriet Vane (Fictitious character),
Addresses, essays, lectures,
Correspondence,
Detective and mystery stories, English,
Doctrinal Theology,
English Short stories,
Women detectives,
Apologetics,
Authorship,
Dogma,
History,
History and criticism
People
Links (outside Open Library)
Alternative names
- Dorothy Leigh SAYERS
- Dorothy Sayers
- Dorothy L. SAYERS
- Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers
- Dorothy Leigh Sayers
- DOROTHY SAYERS
- Sayers Dorothy L.
- Dorothy. Sayers
- Dorothy.L Sayers
- Dorothy L Sayers
- Dorothy l. Sayers
- D. L. Sayers
History Created April 1, 2008 · 6 revisions
| March 6, 2011 | Edited by Graham Redman | merge authors |
| August 16, 2010 | Edited by George | Links; bio; image from http://www.sayers.org.uk/ |
| August 16, 2010 | Edited by George | Added new photo |
| August 16, 2010 | Edited by George | merge authors |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |