Thrones, Dominations (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
by Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
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Author: Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton WalshEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-03-15
ISBN: 0312968302
Number of pages: 322
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Book Review: Lovely character evolution for the Wimseys
Summary: 5 Stars
As we who love the characters of authors long since dead, yet long for more . . . I have in the past been more than a little disappointed by some who have had the temerity to try to fit into the shoes of the likes of Conan Doyle or Austen. These icons are beloved and we who love them are usually harsh critics---often of the aforementioned beloved authors themselves . . .
What a delight Jill Patton Walsh's THRONES, DOMINATIONS turned out to be for this reader. It was so good to be back with Peter, Harriet, Charles Parker, and even Gerald accompanied by the appalling Helen. It was a more than serviceable turn for all the characters, but the plot was equal to Sayers usual as well. I was so delighted that I accessed JPW's homepage and proceeded to read her paper about her caution in taking up the Sayers mantle. To me, she is the perfect person to work with the Wimseys---having the requisite appreciation for the era, the characters, and the plotting of a Sayers mystery. JPW even understands the need for all characters to evolve appropriately as time goes on, perhaps rather better than did Sayers herself, since much fault has been found with Sayers and her plotting, among other things.
To me, Patton Walsh strikes the pure, clear tone of Sayers' love for the characters and procedes to develop them with the appropriate focus and wit. Her assessment of the historical personages of the era seemed particularly on the mark. Too, I so relished insider information on everything from Harriet's then contemporary starched, white collars to the engineering of the day that explicated the unfolding of the plot for a body's disposal. Brava!
I'm shortly to begin JPW's second Wimsey novel, and I relish the prospect.
Summary of Thrones, Dominations (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
Deemed "one of the greatest mystery writers of this century" by the Los Angeles Times, Dorothy L. Sayers first captivated readers nearly seventy years ago with her beloved sleuths Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane in the novel Stong Poison. In Busmans's Honeymoon, her last completed Wimsey/Vane novel, Lord Peter and Harriet culminated their partnership with marriage. Now Thrones, Dominations, Sayers' uncompleted last novel, satisfies the vast readership hungry to know what happened after the honeymoon. Here award-winning author Jill Paton Walsh picks up where Sayers left off, bringing Wimsey and Vane brilliantly to life in Sayers' unmistakable voice. Readers and reviewers are rejoicing at the return of this delightful sleuthing couple--as adept at solving a baffling murder mystery as they are a balancing the delicate demands of their loving union.Asked by her new husband, the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey, why she is having trouble writing her latest mystery novel, Harriet Vane explains, "When I needed the money, it justified itself. It was a job of work, and I did it as well as I could, and that was that. But now, you see, it has no necessity except itself. And, of course, it's hard; it's always been hard, and it's getting harder. So when I'm stuck I think, this isn't my livelihood, and it isn't great art, it's only detective stories. You read them and write them for fun." Is this a clue to the mystery of why Dorothy L. Sayers put aside her 13th full-length Lord Peter novel in 1938 and never finished it? She had made lots of money, and was much more interested in translating Dante and writing about religion. Or is it another excellent novelist, Jill Paton Walsh, speculating--in a perfect imitation of Sayers's voice--on what might have happened? Walsh was invited by the estate of Sayers's illegitimate son, Anthony Fleming, to finish Thrones, Dominations. She has done a splendid job, certain to please Sayers loyalists on the "dorothyl" listserv as well as those new to the Wimsey canon. Lord Peter has been made much more human and interesting by marriage; Harriet is a wise and acerbic companion; and the story, about the murders of two beautiful young women involved with a theatrical producer, is full of twists and connivance. There's also a fascinating subplot involving the soon-to-abdicate King Edward VII and a country on the brink of World War II. Earlier Wimseys in paperback include The Five Red Herrings, Gaudy Night, Murder Must Advertise, and Unnatural Death. Books in print by Walsh include a mystery called A Piece of Justice and a novel, The Serpentine Cave.
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