P. D. James (1920–2014)
Auteur de Les Fils de l'homme
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de P. D. James
In Murderous Company (Unnatural Causes / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman / The Black Tower) (1980) 235 exemplaires
P.D. James: Three Complete Novels (Cover Her Face | A Mind to Murder | Shroud for a Nightingale (1979) 152 exemplaires
Deadly Pleasures: The Black Tower | Death of an Expert Witness | The Skull Beneath the Skin (1996) 137 exemplaires
An Adam Dalgliesh Omnibus (A Taste for Death / Devices and Desires / Original Sin) (1787) 33 exemplaires
Cover Her Face/Shroud for a Nightingale/Skull Beneath the Skin/A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series 1, 4, 8… (1987) 26 exemplaires
The Omnibus: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by | Death of an Expert Witness | Innocent Blood (1990) 20 exemplaires
P.D. James Omnibus (Unnatural Causes / Shroud for a Nightingale / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) (1967) 12 exemplaires
Trilogy of Death: Death of an Expert Witness/Innocent Blood/The Skull Beneath the Skin (1984) 10 exemplaires
P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries: Cover Her Face, A Mind to Murder, Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale,… (2015) 7 exemplaires
Cordelia Gray Mysteries: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin (1600) 7 exemplaires
The Skull Beneath the Skin: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) (2003) 4 exemplaires
Adam Dalgliesh Chronicles [DVD] 3 exemplaires
P-D James : Tome 3, Un certain goût pour la mort, Par action et par omission, Péché originel, Une certaine justice,… (2003) 3 exemplaires
P. D. James Box Set (The Black Tower, Shroud for a Nightingale, Unnatural Causes, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) (1975) 3 exemplaires
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin (Cordelia Gray Mysteries) 3 exemplaires
A Mind to Murder (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) by James, P. D. (August 5, 2010) Paperback 2 exemplaires
Aucun titre 2 exemplaires
Murder 1986 2 exemplaires
4 Titles - PD James - Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries Series - 1) The Murder Room - 2) A Certain Justice - 3) A Taste For… 2 exemplaires
A proposito del giallo: Autori, personaggi, modelli (Piccola biblioteca oscar Vol. 714) (2013) 2 exemplaires
Geen werk voor een vrouw ; Melodie des doods 2 exemplaires
Ett Opassande Jobb För En Kvinna 2 exemplaires
Omibus 2 exemplaires
The Murder Room / Death in Holy Orders 2 exemplaires
The Murder of Santa Claus [short story] 2 exemplaires
Morte em Ordens Sagradas (Portuguese Edition) 1 exemplaire
livro filhos da esperanca 1 exemplaire
The Back Tower 1 exemplaire
The Private Patient by P.D. James (2009-11-03) 1 exemplaire
Surilina ööbikule 1 exemplaire
P.D. James : The Essential Collection [15 Discs] 1 exemplaire
The Lighthouse, The Murder Room 1 exemplaire
Armadilhas e Desejos 1 exemplaire
Intrigas e Desejos 1 exemplaire
A Paciente Misteriosa 1 exemplaire
O Gosto da morte 1 exemplaire
O Cadáver sem mãos 1 exemplaire
Morte no Tribunal 1 exemplaire
Último Acto 1 exemplaire
A Sala do Crime 1 exemplaire
The Mistletoe Murder 1 exemplaire
Um Gosto por Morte 1 exemplaire
crown princess and unnatural causes 1 exemplaire
Takard el az arcát! 1 exemplaire
Az ember gyermeke 1 exemplaire
HLa Istanza dei delitti 1 exemplaire
Les enquêtes d'Adam Dalgliesh tome 2 mort d' un expert, un certain gout pour la mort, par action et par omission (1990) 1 exemplaire
The locals 1 exemplaire
Demolition angel 1 exemplaire
Crooked Letter 1 exemplaire
A Taste for Death; The Lighthouse; The Murder Room 1 exemplaire
A Very Desirable Residence 1 exemplaire
L'Ispettore Dalgliesh 1 exemplaire
Caminho: Crimes E Desejos 1 exemplaire
Day Of The Dead 1 exemplaire
Omnibus: An Unsuitable Job For A Woman / Cover Her Face (Cordelia Gray, #1 / Inspector Adam Dalgliesh, #1) 1 exemplaire
A Paciente Misteriosa 1 exemplaire
The private patien 1 exemplaire
O Cadáver sem Mãos 1 exemplaire
Crimes e Desejos Livro 1 1 exemplaire
O Cadáver sem Mãos Livro 1 1 exemplaire
Slut hennes g̲on [en Adam Dalgliesh-roman] 1 exemplaire
La seconda trilogia Dalgliesh: Copritele il volto-Per cause innaturali-Brividi di morte per l'ispettore Dalgliesh (2015) 1 exemplaire
Three Complete Novels 1 exemplaire
La trilogia Dalgliesh: Una mente per uccidere-Un gusto per la morte-Una notte di luna per l'ispettore Dalgliesh (2014) 1 exemplaire
La mort s'invite à Pemberley 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America (1984) — Contributeur — 359 exemplaires
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist (1995) — Preface, quelques éditions — 177 exemplaires
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1937-1943, From Novelist to Playwright (1997) — Preface, quelques éditions — 102 exemplaires
A Classic English Crime: 13 Stories for the Christie Centenary (1990) — Contributeur — 77 exemplaires
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (1993) — Contributeur — 62 exemplaires
The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women (1983) — Contributeur — 52 exemplaires
More Murder Most Cozy: More Mysteries in the Classic Tradition (1993) — Contributeur — 41 exemplaires
Ellery Queen's Anthology #30: Masters of Mystery (Fall/Winter 1975) (1975) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Contributeur — 23 exemplaires
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 2 (1993) — Contributeur — 20 exemplaires
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Volume Four: 1951-1957: In the Midst of Life (1998) — Preface, quelques éditions — 20 exemplaires
Tales of Obsession: Mystery Stories of Fatal Attractions and Deadly Desires (1994) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Volume Three. 1944-1950: A Noble Daring (1998) — Préface — 15 exemplaires
Newfield Mystery Suspense Collection: Original Sin / Mrs. Pollifax Pursued / Dead, Mr Mozart — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
The Skull Beneath the Skin | The Fantastic Saint | Vanishing Point (1983) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Das Grosse Lesebuch des Englischen Krimis 2 exemplaires
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley [2013 TV mini series] — Herself — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- James, Phyllis Dorothy
- Autres noms
- Baroness James of Holland Park
- Date de naissance
- 1920-08-03
- Date de décès
- 2014-11-27
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Grande-Bretagne
- Pays (pour la carte)
- England, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK (at home)
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - Études
- Cambridge High School for Girls
- Professions
- novelist
civil servant
magistrate
governor (BBC)
Member of the House of Lords (Conservative) - Organisations
- 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) (tout afficher 10)
Prayer Book Society (lay patron)
St Hilda's College, Oxford (honorary fellow)
National Health Service
Department of Home Affairs - Prix et distinctions
- Cartier Diamond Dagger (1987)
- Agent
- Greene and Heaton
Membres
Critiques
Death Comes to Pemberley par Phyllis Dorothy P.D James
La suite des aventures des soeurs Bennet au temps de Jane Austen. Un peu laborieux.
La suite des aventures des soeurs Bennet au temps de Jane Austen. Un peu laborieux.
J'ai bien aimé ce roman, même si l'inspecteur Adam Dalgliesh n'est pas en charge de l'enquête, car il est en vacances sur la zone. Mais il y a plusieurs intrigues entre les personnages et de jolies pages.
James brings us into a classic cozy murder with a backdrop of a museum and family squabbles. As skeletons come out of the closet, we discover the true nature of the characters in all their complexity. I love the elegance of the writing, the carefully constructed plot and Jamaes's witty eye for detail. Dalgleish reserves us a surprise at the end - a neat little way to end on a positive note.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 161
- Aussi par
- 75
- Membres
- 62,645
- Popularité
- #226
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 1,558
- ISBN
- 1,909
- Langues
- 27
- Favoris
- 224
