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P. D. James

An English crime writer and Conservative life peer in the House of Lords, most famous for a series of detective novels starring policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh.

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English crime writer (1920-2014)

Born 3 August 1920
Died 27 November 2014

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  • Cover of: Time to be in earnest: a fragment of autobiography
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    Cover of edition iltempodellonest0000jame Cover of edition timetobeinearnes0000jame Cover of edition timetobeinearnes0000jame_w2u8 Cover of edition timetobeinearnes00jame Cover of edition timetobeinearnes0000jame_h4s9 Cover of edition timetobeinearnes00pdja First published in 1999 — 21 editions
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  • Cover of: English country house murders: tales of perfidious albion
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    Cover of edition englishcountryho0000unse_g0f7 Cover of edition englishcountryhogodf00chri Cover of edition englishcountryho00godf Cover of edition countryhousemurd0000unse Cover of edition englishcountryho0000unse_r8v5 Cover of edition countryhousemurd0000unse_r8z9 Cover of edition englishcountryho00chri First published in 1989 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Talking about Detective Fiction
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    Cover of edition talkingaboutdete0000jame Cover of edition talkingaboutdete0000jame_n5e8 Cover of edition talkingaboutdete00jame First published in 2009 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The Mistletoe Murder: and Other Stories
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    Cover of edition lesdouzeindicesd0000jame Cover of edition mistletoemurdero0000jame Cover of edition mistletoemurdero0000jame_x7h9 First published in 2016 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Sleep no more: six murderous tales
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    Cover of edition sleepnomoresixmu0000jame_a4z5 First published in 2017 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Deadly pleasures: three masterly detective novels
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    Cover of edition deadlypleasurest00jame Cover of edition deadlypleasurest00jame First published in 1996 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The detection collection
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    Cover of edition detectioncollect0000unse_a6y5 Cover of edition detectioncollect0000barn Cover of edition detectioncollect0000unse First published in 2005 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Murder in Triplicate
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    Cover of edition murderintriplica00jame First published in 1980 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Murder Most Foul
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    Cover of edition murdermostfoul0000unse Cover of edition bwb_KS-139-797 First published in 1984 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Nursing stories
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    Cover of edition nursingstories0000unse_n0c9 First published in 1979 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A Dalgliesh Trilogy: Shroud for a Nightingale / The Black Tower / Death of an Expert Witness
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    First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: La Octava Vctima

    First published in 1994 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Omnibus P. D. James: A Taste for Death / Devices and Desires / Original Sin
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    First published in 1984 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A Taste for Death Part 1 of 2

    First published in 1986 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A Taste for Death Part 2 of 2

    First published in 1986 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Trilogy of Death
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    First published in 1984 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Crime Times Three: Three Complete Novels featuring Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard
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    First published in 1979 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Sightlines
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    First published in 2001 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Victim

    First published in 2019 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Murder in the Dark
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    First published in 1994 — 2 editions
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English crime writer (1920-2014)

Born 3 August 1920
Died 27 November 2014

Subjects

Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Large type books, Police, Adam Dalgliesh (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Murder, England, fiction, Dalgliesh, adam (fictitious character), fiction, Investigation, Mystery, English Detective and mystery stories, English literature, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, London (england), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, New York Times reviewed, Fiction in English, Fiction, crime, Cordelia Gray (Fictitious character), Mystery fiction, English fiction, Fiction, general, Mystery and detective stories, Crimes against

Places

England, London, Great Britain, Australia, Dorset, Dorset (England), London (England), 1800-1837, 221B Baker Street, Abbey Grange, Ballarat, Boscombe Pool, Boscombe Valley, Chislehurst, Cornwall, East Anglia, East Anglia (England), Hatherley Farm, Herefordshire, Inglaterra, Island of Courcy, London Tower Hamlets, New York, Norfolk, Oxford (England)

People

Adam Dalgliesh (Fictitious character), Adam Dalgliesh, Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Cordelia Gray, John H. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Alice Turner, Ballarat Gang, Charles McCarthy, Elizabeth (Fictitious character) - Bennet (Fiction), Elizabeth Bennet (Fictitious character), Eustace Brackenstall, Fitzwilliam (Fictitious character) - Darcy (Fiction), Fitzwilliam Darcy (Fictitious character), Inspector Lestrade, Jack Croker, James McCarthy, Jane Austen (1775-1817), John Turner, John Williams (d. 1811), Lady Brackenstall, P. D. James, Patience Moran, Phyllis Dorothy - Diari James, Phyllis Dorothy James (1920-)

Time

21st century, 19th century, 20th century, 1800-1837, 1803, 18th century, s. XX-XXI

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Alternative names

  • Phyllis Dorothy James
  • P D James

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