Thrones, Dominations

The Attenbury Emeralds: The New Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane…

Author: Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers began writing Thrones, Dominations, her thirteenth Lord Peter Wimsey novel, in 1936, then set it aside. When a fragment, forgotten for many years, was found in her agent’s safe, the trustees of the Sayers estate decided to ask the distinguished novelist Jill Paton Walsh to complete it.The result is this accomplished and ingenious novel, worthy of the mist….Read More

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