Links and Sources of More Information

Websites

• This site includes a chronology of the books and stories, as well as reviews of the novels.
• Wikipedia entry on Lord Peter. Fairly detailed.
• Official site of the Dorothy L. Sayers society. Includes information about the society and the author. Excellent page of links.
• Yahoo! group on the Lord Peter books. Regular discussions of the books. Links to sites and pictures. Must join to access files, links, and archieves
  • Website for the group. Links to further information about Sayers and Wimsey.

TV and Radio Adaptations from the BBC

• The BBC’s adaptations starring Edward Petherbridge
• The BBC’s adaptations starring Ian Carmichael
• The BBC’s radio adaptations, also starring Ian Carmichael
• The earlier radio adaptations (before Carmichael)

Books

• Conundrums for the Long Week-End : England, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Lord Peter Wimsey by Robert Kuhn McGregor and Ethan Lewis. Information on Lord Peter and the times he lived in.
• The Lord Peter Wimsey Companion Everything you would ever want to know about the series. This is a link to the new edition, which has apparently already sold out. The old edition is available at some libraries.
• The Wimsey Family: A Fragmentary History Compiled from Correspondence with Dorothy L. Sayers by Charles Wilfrid Scott-Giles and Dorothy L. Sayers. Unfortunately out of print, but worth a read if you can find it.
• Women of Mystery : The Lives and Works of Notable Women Crime Novelists by Martha Hailey DuBose. Includes a section on Sayers's work.