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Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy Sayers
A renowned British writer best known for her detective stories featuring investigator Lord Peter Wimsey, as well as for her translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy, Dorothy L. Sayers was educated at Oxford. She became one of the founding members of the Detection Club – with G. K. Chesterton preceding her as president and Agatha Christie succeeding her. Her most enduring works of fiction include Gaudy Night, Busman’s Honeymoon, The Nine Tailors, and Murder Must Advertise. She also wrote several acclaimed plays – The Man Born to Be King, The Zeal of Thy House, and The Just Vengeance – and published essays in books such as Creed or Chaos? and The Mind of the Maker.
 

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  • With the growing interest in Sayers studies, this is a timely and helpful volume.

    Ethics & Culture

  • That [Sayers] was a Christian apologist à la C. S. Lewis is made manifest in this generous selection of excerpts from her wide-ranging work…. This multifaceted volume is sure to expand Sayers’ reputation, not only as a writer but also as a thinker.

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