Lord Peter Wimsey - Aristocrat and Sleuth
about Lord Peter Wimsey
His character and history
Peter Wimsey attended Eton and Balliol Colleges, gaining a First in History before the Great War. He was commissioned and served in France where the Intelligence Service made use of his talents for observation and ratiocination, and left the army with the rank of Major. He suffered memory lapses and indecisiveness for a while; with the recovery of the Attenbury Emeralds, a new career was born.Wimsey uses his effete appearance to good advantage when investigating; he gives the impression of a silly-ass and often learns what the police cannot.
However, his foolish looks hide a very sharp intellect. He is an accomplished pianist and knowledgeable about music; he played first-class cricket for Balliol and rides well. He is witty and erudite; he quotes Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Shelley, Keats, Byron, Kai Lung, Tennyson and many others with ease. He is also well-tailored and possessed of a fast Daimler...
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Lord Peter Wimsey stories by Dorothy L. Sayers
Whose Body? (1923)Clouds of Witness (1926)
Unnatural Death (1927)
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928)
Lord Peter Views The Body (1928)
Strong Poison (1930)
The Five Red Herrings (1931)
Have His Carcase (1932)
Murder Must Advertise (1933)
Hangman's Holiday (1933)
The Nine Tailors (1934)
Gaudy Night (1935)
Busman's Honeymoon (1937)
In The Teeth of the Evidence (1939)
Striding Folly (1972)
Thrones, Dominations (1998) (completed by Jill Paton-Walsh)
A Presumption of Death (2002)(by Jill Paton Walsh based on the Wimsey Papers written by DLS between 1939-1940 for The Spectator
Lord Peter Wimsey on TV
our sleuth on the small screen
There have been two Lord Peter Wimsey series on TV.The first ran from 1972 - 1975 and starred Ian Carmichael:
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Clouds of Witness
The Nine Tailors
Murder Must Advertise
Five Red Herrings
The second in 1987 starred Edward Petherbridge:
Strong Poison
Have His Carcase
Gaudy Night
Actress Shirley Cain appeared in both...
Lord Peter Wimsey on Radio
the sleuth on the wireless
Ian Carmichael recorded the following for the BBC between 1974-1981:Whose Body?
Clouds of Witness
Unnatural Death
Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
Strong Poison
The Five Red Herrings
Murder Must Advertise
The Nine Tailors
Have His Carcase
Gaudy Night
Busman's Honeymoon
Edward Petherbridge recorded the following Audio Books:
Strong Poison
Have His Carcase
Gaudy Night
Thrones, Dominations
Lord Peter Wimsey quotations
Peter Wimsey on himself:"I measured it with my stick - the gentleman-scout's vade-mecum, I call it - it's marked off in inches. Uncommonly handy companion at times. There's a sword inside and a compass in the head. Got it made specially."
~Whose Body?
"When I die you will find "Efficiency" written on my heart."
~Strong Poison
"Oh, God! Shall I ever live down this disastrous reputation for tomfoolery?"
~Strong Poison
Peter Wimsey on others:
"You cannot trust these young women. No fixity of purpose. Except, of course, when you particularly want them to be yielding."
~Murder Must Advertise
"Everyone suspects an eager desire too curry favor, but rudeness, for some reason, is always accepted as a guarantee of good faith."
~Murder Must Advertise
Harriet Vane on Peter Wimsey:
"If anyone ever marries you, it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle."
~Strong Poison
Others on Peter Wimsey:
"Tow-coloured, supercilious-looking blighter... Cross between Ralph Lynn and Bertie Wooster."
~Murder Must Advertise
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