Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane #03: Attenbury Emeralds, The

Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane #03: Attenbury Emeralds, The
Jill Paton Walsh, Dorothy L Sayers
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 352pg
26 May 2011 UK
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9780340995747
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It was 1921 when Lord Peter Wimsey first encountered the Attenbury emeralds. The recovery of the magnificent gem in Lord Attenbury's most dazzling heirloom made headlines - and launched a shell-shocked young aristocrat on his career as a detective. Now it is 1951: a happily married Lord Peter has just shared the secrets of that mystery with his wife, the detective novelist Harriet Vane. Then the new young Lord Attenbury - grandson of Lord Peter's first client - seeks his help again, this time to prove who owns the gigantic emerald that Wimsey last saw in 1921. It will be the most intricate and challenging mystery he has ever faced... Since the publication of A Presumption of Death, which was set in 1941 in the wartime English countryside, readers have been eagerly asking for this story - a wholly original and utterly engrossing new detective adventure.

Documents in the Case, The
2: A Presumption of Death #02: A Presumption of Death
3: Attenbury Emeralds, The
3: Attenbury Emeralds, The (6 x CDs)
4: Late Scholar, The
ds of Witness

'A delight.' Irish Times Sayers's fans won't be disappointed, and newcomers are in for a treat Laura Wilson, Guardian Sayers would not have recognised that it wasn't her own work. Marcel Berlins, The Times A great deal of fun. Natasha Cooper TLS An absolute treat: civilised, intelligent and spellbinding... Barry Forshaw, Daily Express A pitch-perfect Golden Age mystery; not a pastiche but a gem of a period puzzle that belongs on the shelf beside the Wimsey originals. Christopher Fowler, Financial Times An enjoyable and clever concoction ... a good puzzle ... skilled portrait of the austere postwar world. Jessica Mann, Literary Review 'Wit, worldly wisdom and literary jokes ... As a Peter Wimsey story, it should give unalloyed pleasure to Sayers' fans: and simply in its own right as a novel, it makes joyous light reading.' Anthony Lejeune, Tablet A crime puzzle with deeper layers which makes for an entertaining and satisfying read. Historical Novels Review 'A delight.' Irish Times "A delight. The mystery is intriguing - and, more crucially, Paton Walsh perfectly captures Sayers's voice.' Irish Times
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. www.sayers.org.uk Jill Paton Walsh, born in 1937, is also the author of many non-crime novels for adults: the fourth of these, Knowledge of Angels, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Before writing for adults she made a career as a writer of children's books and has won many literary prizes. www.greenbay.co.uk
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780340995747
Published: 26 May 2011
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Paperback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 352
Dewey: 823.914

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