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Thrones, Dominations 

 (Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, book 1)

by

Dorothy L Sayers and 

Jill Paton WalshThrones, Dominations (1998)
(The first book in the Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane series)
A novel by Dorothy L Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh

 
Asked by her new husband, the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey, why she is having trouble writing her latest mystery novel, Harriet Vane explains, "When I needed the money, it justified itself. It was a job of work, and I did it as well as I could, and that was that. But now, you see, it has no necessity except itself. And, of course, it's hard; it's always been hard, and it's getting harder. So when I'm stuck I think, this isn't my livelihood, and it isn't great art, it's only detective stories. You read them and write them for fun." Is this a clue to the mystery of why Dorothy L. Sayers put aside her 13th full-length Lord Peter novel in 1938 and never finished it? She had made lots of money, and was much more interested in translating Dante and writing about religion. Or is it another excellent novelist, Jill Paton Walsh, speculating--in a perfect imitation of Sayers's voice--on what might have happened? Walsh was invited by the estate of Sayers' illegitimate son, Anthony Fleming, to finish Thrones, Dominations. She has done a splendid job, certain to please Sayers loyalists on the "dorothyl" listserv as well as those new to the Wimsey canon. Lord Peter has been made much more human and interesting by marriage; Harriet is a wise and acerbic companion; and the story, about the murders of two beautiful young women involved with a theatrical producer, is full of twists and connivance. There's also a fascinating subplot involving the soon-to-abdicate King Edward VII and a country on the brink of the second world war.

Genre: Mystery
 
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Hardback Editions

July 1998 : Hardback
Title: Thrones, Dominations (Windsor Selections)
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 0-7540-1143-7 / 978-0-7540-1143-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
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April 1998 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0783884389Title: Thrones and Dominations (G. K. Hall Mystery)
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 0-7838-8438-9 / 978-0-7838-8438-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: G. K. Hall & Company
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February 1998 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0340684550Title: Thrones, Dominations (A new Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane mystery)
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 0-340-68455-0 / 978-0-340-68455-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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February 1998 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0312181965Title: Thrones, Dominations: A Lord Peter Wimsey / Harriet Vane Mystery
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 0-312-18196-5 / 978-0-312-18196-3 (USA edition)
Publisher: St Martins Pr
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Paperback Editions

September 2012 : Paperback
Title: Thrones, Dominations (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mysteries)
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 1-250-01743-2 / 978-1-250-01743-7
Publisher: Minotaur Books
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April 1999 : Paperback
Title: Thrones, Dominations (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books)
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 0-7540-2100-9 / 978-0-7540-2100-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
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March 1999 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0312968302Title: Thrones, Dominations (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 0-312-96830-2 / 978-0-312-96830-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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September 1998 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0340684569Title: Thrones, Dominations: The new Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
Author(s): Dorothy L Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 0-340-68456-9 / 978-0-340-68456-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: New English Library
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February 1998 : Paperback
Title: Thrones, Dominations
Author(s): Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 0-340-72857-4 / 978-0-340-72857-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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Audio Editions

December 2011 : Audio CD
Title: Thrones, Dominations
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 0-7927-8200-3 / 978-0-7927-8200-1 (USA edition)
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July 2001 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 075405439XTitle: Thrones, Dominations: Complete & Unabridged
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 0-7540-5439-X / 978-0-7540-5439-9 (UK edition)
Publisher: Chivers Audio Books
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March 2000 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 1572701293Title: Thrones, Dominations
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 1-57270-129-3 / 9781572701298 (USA edition)
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
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September 1998 : Audio Cassette
Title: Thrones, Dominations: Complete & Unabridged
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh, Jill Paton
ISBN: 0-7540-0203-9 / 978-0-7540-0203-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Chivers Children's Audio Books
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February 1998 : Audio Cassette
Cover of ISBN: 1859988792Title: Thrones, Dominations
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN: 1-85998-879-2 / 9781859988794 (UK edition)
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Audio Books
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Other Editions

February 2010 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B00383545MTitle: Thrones, Dominations (Unabridged)
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher: BBC WW
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March 1999 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B005J52SJ2Title: Thrones, Dominations (Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane Mysteries)
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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September 1998 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B003OIB9YQTitle: Thrones, Dominations: The new Lord Peter Wimsey Novel
Author(s): Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh
Publisher: Hodder
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