Book description
The best of the golden age crime writers, praised by all the top modern
writers in the field including P. D. James and Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L.
Sayers created the immortal Lord Peter Wimsey. The twelfth book
featuring Lord Peter (the third novel to feature Harriet Vane) is set in
an Oxford women's college. With an introduction by Elizabeth George.
Harriet Vane has never dared to return to her old Oxford college. Now,
despite her scandalous life, she has been summoned back . . . At first
she thinks her worst fears have been fulfilled, as she encounters
obscene graffiti, poison pen letters and a disgusting effigy when she
arrives at sedate Shrewsbury College for the 'Gaudy' celebrations. But
soon, Harriet realises that she is not the only target of this murderous
malice - and asks Lord Peter Wimsey to help. 'I admire her novels ...
she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for
detail' P. D. James She brought to the detective novel originality,
intelligence, energy and wit.' Dorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in
1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern
languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote
several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante`s
Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957.
