P. D. James (1920–2014)
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P. D. James, pseudonym of Phyllis Dorothy James White, was born on August 3, 1920 in Oxford, England. During World War II, she served as a Red Cross nurse. She worked in administration for 19 years with the National Health Service. After the death of her husband in 1964, she took a Civil Service mostra altro examination and became an administrator in the forensic science and criminal law divisions of the Department of Home Affairs. She spent 30 years in British Civil Service. She became Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. Her first novel, Cover Her Face, was published in 1962. She wrote approximately 20 books during her lifetime including the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery series, the Cordelia Gray Mystery series, and Death Comes to Pemberley. She became a full-time writer in 1979. Three titles in the Adam Dalgliesh Mystery series received the Silver Dagger award--Shroud for a Nightingale, The Black Tower, and A Taste for Death. In 2000, she published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest. Her dystopian novel, The Children of Men, was adapted into a movie in 2006. She received the Diamond Dagger award for lifetime achievement. She died on November 27, 2014 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) P. D. James served in the forensic & criminal justice departments of Great Britain's Home Office until her retirement in 1979. She was made a Life Peer in 1991. Her detective novels include "Cover Her Face", "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman", "Death of an Expert Witness", "A Taste for Death", "Original Sin", & "A Certain Justice", many of which have been adapted for television. Her autobiography, "Time to be in Earnest", was published in 2000. (Publisher Provided) mostra meno
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Serie
Opere di P. D. James
In Murderous Company (Unnatural Causes / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman / The Black Tower) (1980) 236 copie, 1 recensione
P.D. James: Three Complete Novels (Cover Her Face | A Mind to Murder | Shroud for a Nightingale (1979) 153 copie, 1 recensione
Deadly Pleasures: The Black Tower | Death of an Expert Witness | The Skull Beneath the Skin (1996) 136 copie
Trilogy of Death: Innocent Blood/An Unsuitable Job for a Woman/The Skull Beneath the Skin (1972) 69 copie
Cover Her Face/Shroud for a Nightingale/Skull Beneath the Skin/A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series 1, 4, 8… (1987) 29 copie, 1 recensione
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatization) (2002) 21 copie, 1 recensione
The Omnibus: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by | Death of an Expert Witness | Innocent Blood (1990) 20 copie, 1 recensione
P.D. James Omnibus (Unnatural Causes / Shroud for a Nightingale / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) (1967) 12 copie
Trilogy of Death: Death of an Expert Witness/Innocent Blood/The Skull Beneath the Skin (1984) 11 copie
Cordelia Gray Mysteries: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin (2015) 7 copie
P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries: Cover Her Face, A Mind to Murder, Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale,… (2015) 7 copie
The Skull Beneath the Skin: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) (2003) 4 copie
Adam Dalgliesh Chronicles [DVD] 3 copie
P-D James : Tome 3, Un certain goût pour la mort, Par action et par omission, Péché originel, Une certaine justice,… (2003) 3 copie
P. D. James Box Set (The Black Tower, Shroud for a Nightingale, Unnatural Causes, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) (1975) 3 copie
Murder 1986 2 copie
Nessun titolo 2 copie
A Mind to Murder (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) by James, P. D. (August 5, 2010) Paperback 2 copie
Omibus 2 copie
Ett Opassande Jobb För En Kvinna 2 copie
Les enquêtes d'Adam Dalgliesh tome 2 mort d' un expert, un certain gout pour la mort, par action et par omission (1990) 2 copie
Cover her face; A mind to murder; Unnatural causes; Shroud for a nightingale; The black tower (1992) 2 copie
Takard el az arcát! 1 copia
The Back Tower 1 copia
O Cadáver sem mãos 1 copia
O Gosto da morte 1 copia
Último Acto 1 copia
A Paciente Misteriosa 1 copia
Intrigas e Desejos 1 copia
Surilina ööbikule 1 copia
Morte no Tribunal 1 copia
Armadilhas e Desejos 1 copia
A Sala do Crime 1 copia
The Mistletoe Murder 1 copia
livro filhos da esperanca 1 copia
A Taste for Death, Part 2 1 copia
Az ember gyermeke 1 copia
Um Gosto por Morte 1 copia
The skull beneath the skin 1 copia
The Lighthouse, The Murder Room 1 copia
HLa Istanza dei delitti 1 copia
Demolition angel 1 copia
Crooked Letter 1 copia
A Very Desirable Residence 1 copia
L'Ispettore Dalgliesh 1 copia
Caminho: Crimes E Desejos 1 copia
Day Of The Dead 1 copia
The locals 1 copia
The private patien 1 copia
Un indizio per Cordelia Gray-Un lavoro inadatto a una donna (titolo originale An unsuitable job for a woman - the skull… (1995) 1 copia
O Cadáver sem Mãos 1 copia
Crimes e Desejos Livro 1 1 copia
O Cadáver sem Mãos Livro 1 1 copia
A Paciente Misteriosa 1 copia
Three Complete Novels 1 copia
La trilogia Dalgliesh: Una mente per uccidere-Un gusto per la morte-Una notte di luna per l'ispettore Dalgliesh (2014) 1 copia
La seconda trilogia Dalgliesh: Copritele il volto-Per cause innaturali-Brividi di morte per l'ispettore Dalgliesh (2015) 1 copia
La mort s'invite à Pemberley 1 copia
Opere correlate
Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America (1984) — Collaboratore — 364 copie, 4 recensioni
Il caso dell'abominevole pupazzo di neve (1941) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 209 copie, 4 recensioni
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 1 (1984) — Collaboratore — 198 copie, 2 recensioni
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist (1995) — Preface, alcune edizioni — 179 copie, 3 recensioni
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Collaboratore — 163 copie, 3 recensioni
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1937-1943, From Novelist to Playwright (1997) — Preface, alcune edizioni — 102 copie, 1 recensione
The International Association of Crime Writers Presents Bad Behavior (1995) — Collaboratore — 90 copie
Delitti d'autore: il nuovo e il classico del racconto poliziesco contemporaneo: 42 capolavori selezionati dalla… (1993) — Collaboratore — 62 copie, 1 recensione
The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women (1983) — Collaboratore — 52 copie, 2 recensioni
Great Tours and Detours: The Sophisticated Traveler Series (1985) — Collaboratore — 34 copie, 1 recensione
Ellery Queen's Anthology #30: Masters of Mystery (Fall/Winter 1975) (1975) — Collaboratore — 30 copie
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Volume Four: 1951-1957: In the Midst of Life (2000) — Preface, alcune edizioni — 20 copie
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 2 (1993) — Collaboratore — 20 copie
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Volume Three. 1944-1950: A Noble Daring (2006) — Prefazione — 16 copie
Tales of Obsession: Mystery Stories of Fatal Attractions and Deadly Desires (1994) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
Newfield Mystery Suspense Collection: Original Sin / Mrs. Pollifax Pursued / Dead, Mr Mozart — Collaboratore — 3 copie
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley [2013 TV mini series] — Herself — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- James of Holland Park, Phyllis Dorothy, Baroness
White, Phyllis Dorothy (married) - Altri nomi
- Baroness James of Holland Park
- Data di nascita
- 1920-08-03
- Data di morte
- 2014-11-27
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- GB
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK (at home)
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - Istruzione
- Cambridge High School for Girls
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
civil servant
magistrate
governor (BBC)
Member of the House of Lords (Conservative) - Organizzazioni
- Society of Authors (president|1997-2013)
Arts Council (literary advisory panel chairman)
British Broadcasting Corporation (governor)
British Council (board member)
Downing College, Cambridge (honorary fellow)
Girton College, Cambridge (honorary fellow) (mostra tutto 10)
Prayer Book Society (lay patron)
St Hilda's College, Oxford (honorary fellow)
National Health Service
Department of Home Affairs - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Cartier Diamond Dagger (1987)
- Agente
- Greene and Heaton
Utenti
Discussioni
Folio Archives 365: Cover Her Face by P.D.James 2008 in Folio Society Devotees (Aprile 2)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 165
- Opere correlate
- 75
- Utenti
- 63,197
- Popolarità
- #225
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 1,564
- ISBN
- 1,909
- Lingue
- 27
- Preferito da
- 224
Invece siamo in una Pemberly incupita e in mano, per fortuna, agli efficienti domestici; un po’ di verve (e di intrighi) viene assicurato dallo spostamento dell’azione a Londra per l’inizio del processo e la soluzione del “giallo”.
Insomma, un’operazione triste di cui non si sentiva la necessità e che riesce a mortificare sia lo spirito della Austen, sia la rigorosità di P.D. James, costretta con arzigogoli a conciliare usi, costumi e mentalità del tempo con le aspettative dei suoi lettori (per tacer di quelli della Austen)… (altro)