Person    | Female  Born 3/8/1920  Died 27/11/2014

P. D. James

Categories: Literature

Writer. Born Phyllis Dorothy James in Oxford. Best known for her crime novels, many of them featuring the detective Adam Dalgliesh. Created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991.

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P. D. James

Baroness P D James, 1920 - 2014, author, lived here 1984 - 2012. Holland Park

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