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Lord Peter Wimsey is called "Lord" as he is the younger son of a duke. This is a courtesy title; he is not a peer and has no right to sit in the House of Lords, nor does the courtesy title pass on to any offspring he may have.
- British
- Whose Body? (1923)
The Wimsey novels and short-story collections include Clouds of Witness (1926), Unnatural Death (1927), Lord Peter Views the Body (1928), The Five Red Herrings (1931), Have His Carcase (1932), Murder Must Advertise (1933), The Nine Tailors (1934), Gaudy Night (1935), and Busman’s Honeymoon (1937). The Wimsey mysteries were adapted for both ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Late Scholar. (2013) Description / Buy at Amazon. Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey the leading role in Dorothy L Sayers series, plays the role of a detective with no legal law enforcement permit. As depicted in the series, Wimsey was born in 1890 and is of average height, a beaked nose straw-colored hair making an impression of a foolish face.
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Oct 3, 2021 · Enjoy the classic detective stories of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, adapted from Dorothy L. Sayers' novels, in this YouTube playlist.
Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series) A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery. Lord Peter Wimsey is a series of television serial adaptations of five Lord Peter Wimsey novels by Dorothy L. Sayers, starring Ian Carmichael as Wimsey. They were broadcast on BBC1 between 1972 and 1975, beginning with Clouds of Witness in April 1972. [1]
- United Kingdom
- 21
- Mystery, Period drama
- Herbert Chappell
The Nine Tailors. The Nine Tailors is a 1934 mystery novel by the British writer Dorothy L. Sayers, her ninth featuring Lord Peter Wimsey. The story is set in the Lincolnshire Fens, and revolves around a group of bell-ringers at the local parish church.
Jill Paton Walsh; Dorothy L. Sayers. Lord Peter Wimsey travels to settle a dispute among the Fellows of St. Severin's College at Oxford University. At first, he thinks it's a squabble, but when one man disappears and the Fellows start to die, Lord Peter and Lady Harriet rush to catch a sinister killer. Format.
