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P. D. James (1920–2014)

Autor(a) de The Children of Men

147+ Works 62,189 Membros 1,547 Críticas 222 Favorited

About the Author

P. D. James, pseudonym of Phyllis Dorothy James White, was born on August 3, 1920 in Oxford, England. During World War II, she served as a Red Cross nurse. She worked in administration for 19 years with the National Health Service. After the death of her husband in 1964, she took a Civil Service mostrar mais examination and became an administrator in the forensic science and criminal law divisions of the Department of Home Affairs. She spent 30 years in British Civil Service. She became Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. Her first novel, Cover Her Face, was published in 1962. She wrote approximately 20 books during her lifetime including the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery series, the Cordelia Gray Mystery series, and Death Comes to Pemberley. She became a full-time writer in 1979. Three titles in the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery series received the Silver Dagger award--Shroud for a Nightingale, The Black Tower, and A Taste for Death. In 2000, she published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest. Her dystopian novel, The Children of Men, was adapted into a movie in 2006. She received the Diamond Dagger award for lifetime achievement. She died on November 27, 2014 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) P. D. James served in the forensic & criminal justice departments of Great Britain's Home Office until her retirement in 1979. She was made a Life Peer in 1991. Her detective novels include "Cover Her Face", "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman", "Death of an Expert Witness", "A Taste for Death", "Original Sin", & "A Certain Justice", many of which have been adapted for television. Her autobiography, "Time to be in Earnest", was published in 2000. (Publisher Provided) mostrar menos
Image credit: Photo by Alixe Buckerfield de la Roche, courtesy of Faber Books

Séries

Obras por P. D. James

The Children of Men (1992) 5,767 exemplares
Death Comes to Pemberley (2011) 4,887 exemplares
The Lighthouse (2005) 3,785 exemplares
Death in Holy Orders (2001) 3,673 exemplares
The Murder Room (2003) 3,539 exemplares
Cover Her Face (1962) 3,296 exemplares
A Taste for Death (1986) 3,115 exemplares
Devices and Desires (1989) 3,109 exemplares
A Certain Justice (1997) 3,109 exemplares
The Private Patient (2008) 3,031 exemplares
Original Sin (1994) 2,947 exemplares
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972) 2,590 exemplares
Death of an Expert Witness (1977) 2,393 exemplares
A Mind to Murder (1963) 2,269 exemplares
The Black Tower (1975) 2,223 exemplares
Shroud for a Nightingale (1971) 2,173 exemplares
Unnatural Causes (1967) — Autor — 2,108 exemplares
The Skull Beneath the Skin (1982) 2,092 exemplares
Innocent Blood (1980) 1,864 exemplares
Talking About Detective Fiction (2009) 710 exemplares
Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales (2017) 544 exemplares
A Suitable Job for a Woman (1991) 50 exemplares
A Second Dalgliesh Trilogy (1993) 42 exemplares
The Part-Time Job (2020) 29 exemplares
The Victim [Short story] (2019) 29 exemplares
The Girl Who Loved Graveyards (1996) 17 exemplares
Sightlines (2001) 16 exemplares
A Taste For Death (BBC Audio) (2008) 10 exemplares
América (2001) 9 exemplares
Das große Krimi- Lesebuch. (1992) 8 exemplares
Encounters with Lord Peter (1991) 7 exemplares
Inspecteur Dalgliesh omnibus (1995) 5 exemplares
Great Aunt Allie's Flypapers (2006) 5 exemplares
Omibus 2 exemplares
Moment of Power (1968) 2 exemplares
Murder 1986 2 exemplares
Murder in the Dark (1994) 2 exemplares
Mortaja para un ruisenor (1987) 2 exemplares
James P.D, l'intégrales tome 1 (2002) 2 exemplares
Země prázdných domů (1994) 2 exemplares
The private patien 1 exemplar
Sangue innocente; Rilegato (1981) 1 exemplar
Přicházím tě zabít (1998) 1 exemplar
İnsanlığın Çocukları (2023) 1 exemplar
Um Gosto por Morte 1 exemplar
Az ember gyermeke 1 exemplar
Le plus noir des crimes (2020) 1 exemplar
The Borges lectures (1999) 1 exemplar
Day Of The Dead 1 exemplar
Crooked Letter 1 exemplar
Demolition angel 1 exemplar
The locals 1 exemplar
Vrouw op het spoor (1974) 1 exemplar
Vägivaldne surm : [romaan] (2005) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Doctor Thorne (1858) — Introdução, algumas edições2,073 exemplares
English Country House Murders (1989) — Contribuidor — 481 exemplares
The Victorian Chaise-Longue (1953) — Preface, algumas edições446 exemplares
The Beast Must Die (1938) — Introdução, algumas edições437 exemplares
Children of Men [2006 film] (2006) — Original novel — 411 exemplares
The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories (1990) — Contribuidor — 400 exemplares
800 Years of Women’s Letters (1992) — Prefácio — 211 exemplares
The Case of the Abominable Snowman (1941) — Introdução, algumas edições203 exemplares
Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense (1988) — Contribuidor — 189 exemplares
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist (1995) — Preface, algumas edições172 exemplares
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995) — Contribuidor — 164 exemplares
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Contribuidor — 159 exemplares
London After Midnight : A Tour of Its Criminal Haunts (1996) — Contribuidor — 135 exemplares
Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biography (1981) — Prefácio — 125 exemplares
The Folio Book of Christmas Crime Stories (2004) — Contribuidor — 117 exemplares
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1937-1943, From Novelist to Playwright (1997) — Preface, algumas edições99 exemplares
A New Omnibus of Crime (1771) — Contribuidor — 97 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories (1985) — Contribuidor — 80 exemplares
A Classic English Crime: 13 Stories for the Christie Centenary (1990) — Contribuidor — 77 exemplares
A Classic Christmas Crime (1995) — Contribuidor — 76 exemplares
The Detection Collection (2005) — Contribuidor — 76 exemplares
Verdict of 13 (1978) — Contribuidor — 71 exemplares
Autumn: A Spiritual Biography of the Season (2004) — Contribuidor — 57 exemplares
Death Comes to Pemberley [2013 TV mini-series] (2013) — Original book — 55 exemplares
The Penguin Classic Crime Omnibus (1984) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
65 Great Murder Mysteries (1983) — Contribuidor — 41 exemplares
More Murder Most Cozy: More Mysteries in the Classic Tradition (1993) — Contribuidor — 40 exemplares
Great Tours and Detours: The Sophisticated Traveler Series (1985) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares
The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1993) — Contribuidor — 33 exemplares
Great Law and Order Stories (1990) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares
Slightly Foxed 12: The Irresistible Heptaplasiesoptron (2006) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
Slightly Foxed 69: The Pram in the Hall (2010) — Contribuidor — 26 exemplares
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Future Crimes (2021) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Crime Writers (1978) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
The Verdict of Us All (2006) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Volume Four: 1951-1957: In the Midst of Life (1998) — Preface, algumas edições18 exemplares
A Feast of Stories (1996) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
A Taste for Death [1988 TV mini series] (1988) — Writer — 14 exemplares
The Man Who ... (1992) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1985 (1985) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Writing Mystery and Crime Fiction (1985) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Damas del crimen (1998) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
The Body and the Arts (2009) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Dangerous Ladies (1992) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Devices and Desires [1991 TV mini series] (1991) — Writer — 7 exemplares
John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1981 (1981) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Original Sin [1997 TV mini series] (1997) — Screenwriter — 6 exemplares
En Kriminelt god jul : femten svarte julefortellinger (2006) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Winter's Crimes 8 (1976) 6 exemplares
Innocent Blood | Beware Young Lovers | They Stay for Death (1980) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Winter's Crimes 15 (1983) 5 exemplares
London After Midnight: A Conducted Tour, Part 1 (1996) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1982 (1982) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Best Detective Stories 1980 (1980) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Du sang sous le sapin (2001) 2 exemplares

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through examination of the remaining available evidence. very interesting
 
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cspiwak | 10 outras críticas | Mar 6, 2024 |
Good style and fun story ideas, but not believable and so little dramatic impact.
 
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yates9 | 23 outras críticas | Feb 28, 2024 |
 
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BooksInMirror | 322 outras críticas | Feb 19, 2024 |
Wonderful mystery set on a windy, isolated section of English coastline at an Anglican monastery and theology school for young priests.
 
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KKBucher | 54 outras críticas | Feb 13, 2024 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
147
Also by
74
Membros
62,189
Popularidade
#230
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
1,547
ISBN
1,907
Línguas
27
Marcado como favorito
222

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