How Lord Peter Wimsey got started
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This is almost a prequel to The Lord Peter Wimsey novels.  It is written in the same style and is full of butlers, maids and dare I say mysterious Indian maharajahs and lots of emeralds. I thought the plot was a little ponderous  - who could keep up with all those deep green jewels?  Certainly not the plodding English bobbies - thank goodness for the clever Lord Peter and his equally clever wife.
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This annotated edition is a wonderful way to be introduced to Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter mysteries.  I thoroughly enjoyed the footnotes and the extra materials to help the modern reader understand the historical context for Lord Peter's adventures.  Well done!
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Smith Wigglesworth was recommended to me by my Sister and best friend. We share devotional that we feel meet religious beliefs. This particular
book, is very good for reading before starting your day. His life had always been to tell people he met, about God. Upon meeting and marrying his wife, who educated him with reading writing and preaching the Word, he began his ministry of reaching, not only his local community, but began
traveling through out the world as more and more people heard about what he knew about Our Lord Jesus Christ. At the same time, he began with the help again, of his Ministering wife,  writing down his sermons and thoughts and published them. Preacher Wigglesworth and his wife,traveled, talking to as many as invited them to speak in as many cities, towns and countries as they had the time and was able to get to them. As his health began to fail, the traveling slowed, but not the book writing. I would really suggest anyone wanting to find out what a child from early years, turned Preacher, had to say about the Saving Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, get this or any one of Smith Wigglesworths
Books. Find a quiet place and read.
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I have been reading and re-reading the entire Sayers/Wimsey body of work for more than 35 years. Jill Walsh has done all the Wimsey fans a great service in continuing the Wimsey chronicles. Even if there is no further material available from the collected Sayers papers, Jill Walsh appears to have excellent credentials to continue on her own recognizance.  I bought this one in hardcover and will order the next one gleefully.
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The late Ian Carmichael's (1920-2010) portrayal of Dorothy Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey, is a hallmark in the period of British TV series focused on quality of characterization by first rate performers rather than innovations in the style of film-making or gritty, brutal, reality-oriented portrayals of crime. That is, perhaps, one of the reasons why each such series is better than any individual representation and why the character emerges as far superior to any of the particular episodes in his or her adventures. So it is that Lord Peter is memorable while no particular title equals him, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, as well as the creations of Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, P.D. James and Colin Dexter, among others, continue to entertain us in reruns that remind us of the qualities of their protagonists.
In The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, the creative staff and Ian Carmichael, did not take advantage of the possibilities already well established, when Sayers wrote the book, by P. G. Wodehouse, for the humor in the archetypal British Men's Club, beyond allowing the surface absurdities to show a contrast to some grim realities, the unpleasantness at the Club. Wimesy is rather more sombre than is some other outings but still a master at gentlemanly sleuthing, his brother-in-law, Bunter-his man servant, and the Lady who may have done it, are particularly well done in necessarily subdued roles, while the portrayal of the shell-shocked suspect, who must indulge in some hysterical sequences, still manages to contain these within the bounds of his characterization.
All in all, a fine digital reproduction of the original 1973 four episode TV series, with sharp colors and colorful actors. A most enjoyable time will be had by all who prize this style of performance.
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Always happy to revisit the world of Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane.  While the style is different from Sayers' original stories, Walsh is faithful to the characters themselves, and the direction in which she takes the story does credit to the original stories.
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This all started in 1966 when we few to London, rented a motor scooter, and travelled around England and Wales.  I know he'll wish he could do a similar route now by unmotorized cycling.  Delivery of the book was prompt and it is in excellent condition.
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The Dorothy Sayers mystery novel fans out there will understand me-- the Duchess of Devonshire reminded me so much of Lord Peter Wimsey's mother, it was amazing. :)  She is charming and utterly unconcerned about political correctness.  This is a oollection of stories and thoughts from a woman raised in an earlier time.  Lots of gems, well worth reading.
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I think Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane make one of the greatest couples in literature. In Busman's Honeymoon, they get married and go on their honeymoon. I love how the prologue had their engagement seen through the eyes of several characters, both positive and negative, and then Chapter One have it seen through Harriet's point of view. Then the wedding and the the honeymoon, which means adjusting to married life after Lord Peter, at least, has wanted something for so long. There's a great line about his never having thought what it would be like attaining her (Harriet). Throw a corpse into the emotional mix and you get another great Sayers' mystery. Very satisfying story.
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Whose Body? Sayers first Lord Peter Whimsey novel hints at the promise of later volumes in the series.  Lord Peter is the aristocrat who took up amateur sleuthing as a distraction from shell shock he suffers from serving in WWI.  He has an enormous intelligence, a knack for charming difficult people and a fussy rambling manner that some mistake for weakness.  His other talents are piano playing, knowledge of ancient books and manuscripts, and an athletic physique disguised by his sartorial excellence.

In this volume there is a seemingly insolvable mystery, with a not too competent police inspector who doesn't seem to like Lord Peter very much.  Shades of Sherlock Holmes Inspector Lestrade?  Sayers is still putting together her writing style and comes out with florid phrases like "His long amiable face looked as if it had generated spontaneously from his top hat, as white maggots breed from Gorgonzola."  However, Sayers undoubtedly has a mastery of the English language and Whose Body is a highly readable novel as well as a good mystery which sets the stage for Lord Peter to develop as a character.
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J.H. Plumb is a master historian who writes here a general introduction to the period he knows best , England in the 18th century. The book is divided into three parts, the first the Age of Walpole, the second The Age of Chatham, and the third the Age of Pitt. Plumb discusses the general social and economic background of the period, and provides real insight into its moving spirits, and their tone. He favorably cites DeFoe on the importance of Trade for England. And he gives a real sense of the dynamism of England in this time. He discusses the various economic players from the merchant princes to the simple landless agricultural workers. He provides an interesting picture of the way England looked and worked at the time, from the pot- holed broken roads to the rapidly expanding water- routes which facilitated trade. He writes of the great agricultural estates, the movement towards enclosure of the land, the hard fate of the peasants and lower classes in general. The energy of the Age in expansion of literacy and means of communication, the hunger for knowledge are also part of the picture. The technical innovations which were often sought out beforehand to solve a problem, and which in some way improved life are also written about. The craftsman and the artisans were ' the  bridge of life'between rich and poor. Plumb also writes about the British relations to Ireland and India, about their foreign policy and the vast expansion of the Empire through War. He concludes with a look at the complicated and difficult situation Britain is in at the end of this remarkable period of its development.
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Peter wimsey is getting a bit dated since few really understand the period. Ian Carmichael is great as Wimsey, obviously some episodes will be better than others.  I especially liked the harlequin costume episode.  It stands out in my memory.  A few episodes are predictable.  But the series is really very good.
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The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers.  It is always a pleasure to read a novel by Miss Sayers who was, during the thirties of the last century, the acknowledged to master of the literate detective story writers.  This is an early work, in which Lord Peter Whimsey is given the task of establishing the time of death of an elderly gentleman found dead in his arm chair at the Bellona Club.  An inheritance depends on time of death, but just as Whimsey solves this problem another complication arrives.  The death, it turns out, was not from age, but was murder, and Whimsey must start over again.  This is recommended for anyone who likes a well-written story.
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The beginning of his life up until WWI is very well written.  I found the interwar years to be a bit tedious reading with homosexual affairs and dozens of literary personages coming and going.  His marriage and conversion to Catholicism was much more interesting reading.  In my mind I could see the trajectory of the postwar quintessential Englishman who over the decades becomes a stereotypical English eccentric country squire.  At the end of the book I could not help liking and being sympathetic to the Captain who lived through the best and worst of times.  RIP
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I knew the story about how it all started in a garage. This is a clear outline of how Google grew to become the empire that it has. Well written and interesting. I especially liked hearing about the strict code of conduct of the two geniuses behind it all. I would have liked it to go on beyond his leaving the company, as so much has happened since then.
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With ms. Sayers gone, we have to find what we can to keep our Wimsey addiction fed.  This novel by Jill Paton Walsh is very, very good.  The characters are true to the canon, the lovely intellectual exchanges and quotes from Donne are there, the story is complicated and winding.  Sayers always seemed to me to put lots of red herrings into her books, and there were times when her writing became a bit windy for modern readers who are used to faster action.  Ms. P-W follows the model closely and any flaws are those of ms. Sayers' own style.  The story starts as a reminiscence about an early case of Lord Peter's, and is made new when the heir to the Attenbury fortune asks for help again.  We are treated to stories about LP's early post-WWI war years, and with glimpses of his post-WWII family of 3 boys, Harriet, Bunter, and others.  Of course most of us care more about how the Wimseys are doing than we do about the Attenburys, and there is plenty of information in this book.  And as we all knew, Harriet's natural nobility rises to every occasion and nasty sister-in-law Helen is around just enough to be glad to get her off the page.  Perhaps the dowager duchess isn't quite as zany as Sayers made her, but she is getting older.  Anyway, this is a lovely book that should have more readers!
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A wonderfully informative book about the Tories in the Revolutionary war.. Had just listened to a Book about Ben Franklin during the War for independence and the loyalist were spoken of often. I remembered the book Oliver Wiswell  I read it when I was 16. Ordered the book, and have not been disappointed. It is a work of fiction with great history incorporated. It is a great read