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Book SynopsisFrom detectives to Dante - the life of the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey
Table of ContentsContents
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1. Looking Back: To the Beginning and Later on
(1893–97, 1943) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2. Bluntisham and Salisbury: Schooling at Home and
Away (1898–1912). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3. Somerville College, Oxford (1912–15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4. Poetry, Publishing, and a Try at Teaching (1916–20). . . 70
5. An Accidental Birth and Complex Domesticity
(1921–26). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
6. Guinness Was Good for Her (1922–29). . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
7. Lord Peter Wimsey and Eric the Skull: Within the
Golden Age of the Detection Club (1930–36). . . . . . . . 120
8. From Page to Stage: Telling the Greatest Story
(1936–51). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
9. A New Love: Rebooting Dante and The Divine Comedy
(1944–57). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Epilogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Dorothy L. Sayers: A chronology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Appendix: Charles Williams’ review of The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Select Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
