Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and SoulMacmillan, 1997 - 416 pages Mystery writer Dorothy Sayers is loved and remembered, most notably, for the creation of sleuths Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. As this biography attests, Sayers was also one of the first women to be awarded a degree from Oxford, a playwright, and an essayist--but also a woman with personal joys and tragedies. Here, Reynolds, a close friend of Sayers, presents a convincing and balanced portrait of one of the 20th century's most brilliant, creative women. 30 b&w photos. |
Contents
Childhood | 1 |
School | 27 |
Oxford | 45 |
Return to Oxford | 63 |
Adrift | 85 |
London | 97 |
John Cournos | 107 |
A Man and a Motorcycle | 117 |
Under Contract | 225 |
A Labour of Love | 237 |
A City Sanctified | 247 |
Joys Bonfire | 261 |
Canterbury | 273 |
Words of an Archangel | 283 |
The Challenge of War | 291 |
Creativeness | 307 |
Behind the Scenes | 129 |
John Anthony | 141 |
Marriage | 153 |
Enter Lord Peter Wimsey | 171 |
Sometime Scholar of Somerville College | 185 |
Family Ties | 199 |
The Making of a Detective Story | 213 |
Incarnation | 317 |
Reluctant Prophet | 331 |
Gaudium | 353 |
The Woman Who Was Dorothy L Sayers | 367 |
Appendix | 385 |
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