Lord Peter Wimsey

Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. He is the main character in those works, in which he solves mysteries — usually murder mysteries. The tales all take place in a setting contemporary to when they were written, from the 1920s to the 1940s. Lord Peter's London address is 110A Piccadilly. He is described as a man in early middle age, of average height with a vaguely foolish face (reputedly his looks were patterned after academic Roy Ridley).

Books about Lord Peter by other authors

• The Wimsey Family (1977) by C. W. Scott-Giles ISBN 0-06-013998-6
• Lord Peter Wimsey Cookbook (1981) by Elizabeth Ryan ISBN 0899190324
• The Lord Peter Wimsey Companion (2002) by Stephan P. Clarke ISBN 0951800086 published by The Dorothy L Sayers Society.

As a footnote, Lord Peter Wimsey has also been included by the science fiction writer Philip José Farmer as a member of the Wold Newton family; and Laurie R. King's detective character Mary Russell meets Lord Peter at a party in the novel A Letter of Mary.

Related Topics:
Science fiction - Philip José Farmer - Wold Newton family - Laurie R. King - Mary Russell

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