#1 The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers

The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist

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A collection of letters written by the great mystery novelist to friends and family provides revealing glimpses of Sayers's childhood, undergraduate career at Oxford, secret love affair and illegitimate child, mystery writing, and more.

Genres: BiographyNonfictionMysteryBiography MemoirAutobiographyWriting

421 Pages

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