Person    | Female  Born 13/6/1893  Died 17/12/1957

Dorothy L Sayers

Categories: Literature

Writer of detective stories, many featuring Lord Peter Wiimsey. See also her address in Mecklenburgh Square. Born Oxford. Died Witham, Essex.

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Dorothy L Sayers

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Dorothy L. Sayers

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