Thrones, Dominations

Brief Description: It is Paris, 1936. Harriet and Peter are enjoying a brief respite after the execution of the murderer he brought to justice in "Busman's Honeymoon". They are introduced to a rich English couple, and the lives of the two couples begin to intertwine--ultimately, to take a dangerous turn. In Jill Patton Walsh's masterful development of Sayer's chapters and notes, readers are treated not only to a deeply, satisfying detective puzzle but also a thought-provoking portrait of two very different marriages. Martin's Press. Review Quotes: "A superb job of seamless collaboration..subltle and discursive in the classic sayers manner, Thrones, Domination is a pure pleasure." --"The Wall Street Journal" "Extraordinary...it is impossible to tell where Dorothy L. Sayers ends and Jill Paton Waslsh begins." --Ruth Rendell, The" London Sunday Times" "[Walsh] has done a splendid job--certain to please the legions of Sayers loyalists as well as readers new to the Wimsey canon." --"Chicago Tribune"Biographical Note: JILL PATON WALSH is a Man Booker Prize-nominated and Whitbread Prize-winning novelist for adults and children. She lives in Cambridge, England. DOROTHY L. SAYERS, the author of fourteen Lord Peter Wimsey novels and story collections as well as a Dante scholar, died in 1957. Marc Notes: Originally published: Great Britain: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998.; Previously published: New York: St. Martin's Press Paperbacks, 1999.; A new Lord Peter Wimsey / Harriet Vane mystery--Cover.; In the process of discussing with her husband the plot of her latest novel, mystery writer Lady Wimsey finds the solution to a real-life murder. The novel is an unfinished 1930s manuscript by British writer Sayers, completed by Walsh on the basis of the outline. Publisher Marketing: Sayers's story opens in 1936 at a restaurant in Paris, where Harriet and Peter are enjoying a brief respite between the execution of the murderer he brought to justice in Busman's Honeymoon and the demands of the Wimsey family and social position back home. At the restaurant they are introduced to Laurence and Rosamund Harwell, a rich Englishman and his beautiful young wife, and the lives of the two couples begin to intertwine - and, ultimately, to take a dangerous turn. In Jill Paton Walsh's masterful development of Sayers's chapters and notes, readers are treated not only to a deeply satisfying detective puzzle but also to a thought-provoking portrait of two very different marriages. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 01/05/1998 pg. 62 (EAN 9780312181963, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Kirkus Reviews 01/01/1998 pg. 23 (EAN 9780312181963, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Library Journal 01/01/1998 pg. 147 (EAN 9780312181963, Hardcover)

New York Times 03/15/1998 pg. 16 (EAN 9780312181963, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 07/01/1998 pg. 113 (EAN 9780312181963, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 67 (EAN 9780312181963, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2000 pg. 584 (EAN 9780312181963, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 01/01/1998 (EAN 9780312181963, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 831 (EAN 9780312181963, Hardcover)

Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 815 (EAN 9780312181963, Hardcover)

Library Journal 09/01/1999 (EAN 9780754002031, Analog Audio Cassette)

Contributor Bio:  Sayers, Dorothy L Dorothy L. Sayers was an English writer, translator, and Christian humanist. Best known for the extremely popular Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series, Sayers also penned a number of plays, including The Man Born to Be King, essays, and translations, of which she considered Dante's Divine Comedy to be her best. Sayers died in 1950, and is buried in St. Anne's Church in London. Contributor Bio:  Walsh, Jill Paton Jill Paton Walsh is the author of books for adults, young adults and children. Her novel "Knowledge of Angels" was short-listed for the Booker Prize. Her crime novels and mystery novels include "The Attenbury Emeralds", "A Presumption of Death", "The Wyndham Case" and "A Piece of Justice", which was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. With Dorothy L. Sayers, she was co-author of "Thrones, Dominations". Her novels for children and young adults include "The Green Book" and "A Parcel of Patterns". She lives in Cambridge, England.