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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von P. D. James
In Murderous Company (Unnatural Causes / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman / The Black Tower) (1980) 235 Exemplare
P.D. James: Three Complete Novels (Cover Her Face | A Mind to Murder | Shroud for a Nightingale (1979) 152 Exemplare
Deadly Pleasures: The Black Tower | Death of an Expert Witness | The Skull Beneath the Skin (1996) 137 Exemplare
Trilogy of Death: Innocent Blood/An Unsuitable Job for a Woman/The Skull Beneath the Skin (1972) 69 Exemplare
An Adam Dalgliesh Omnibus (A Taste for Death / Devices and Desires / Original Sin) (1787) 33 Exemplare
Cover Her Face/Shroud for a Nightingale/Skull Beneath the Skin/A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series 1, 4, 8… (1987) 26 Exemplare
The Omnibus: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by | Death of an Expert Witness | Innocent Blood (1990) 20 Exemplare
P.D. James Omnibus (Unnatural Causes / Shroud for a Nightingale / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) (1967) 12 Exemplare
Trilogy of Death: Death of an Expert Witness/Innocent Blood/The Skull Beneath the Skin (1984) 10 Exemplare
P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries: Cover Her Face, A Mind to Murder, Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale,… (2015) 7 Exemplare
Cordelia Gray Mysteries: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin (1600) 7 Exemplare
The Skull Beneath the Skin: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) (2003) 4 Exemplare
Adam Dalgliesh Chronicles [DVD] 3 Exemplare
P. D. James Box Set (The Black Tower, Shroud for a Nightingale, Unnatural Causes, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) (1975) 3 Exemplare
P-D James : Tome 3, Un certain goût pour la mort, Par action et par omission, Péché originel, Une certaine justice,… (2003) 3 Exemplare
Omibus 2 Exemplare
Ett Opassande Jobb För En Kvinna 2 Exemplare
Geen werk voor een vrouw ; Melodie des doods 2 Exemplare
A Mind to Murder (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) by James, P. D. (August 5, 2010) Paperback 2 Exemplare
Cover her face; A mind to murder; Unnatural causes; Shroud for a nightingale; The black tower (1992) 2 Exemplare
Murder 1986 2 Exemplare
The Murder of Santa Claus [short story] 2 Exemplare
A proposito del giallo: Autori, personaggi, modelli (Piccola biblioteca oscar Vol. 714) (2013) 2 Exemplare
Último Acto 1 Exemplar
O Cadáver sem mãos 1 Exemplar
Surilina ööbikule 1 Exemplar
A Paciente Misteriosa 1 Exemplar
O Gosto da morte 1 Exemplar
Day Of The Dead 1 Exemplar
The Back Tower 1 Exemplar
The Lighthouse, The Murder Room 1 Exemplar
A Sala do Crime 1 Exemplar
crown princess and unnatural causes 1 Exemplar
Morte no Tribunal 1 Exemplar
Les enquêtes d'Adam Dalgliesh tome 2 mort d' un expert, un certain gout pour la mort, par action et par omission (1990) 1 Exemplar
HLa Istanza dei delitti 1 Exemplar
Az ember gyermeke 1 Exemplar
Takard el az arcát! 1 Exemplar
Um Gosto por Morte 1 Exemplar
Armadilhas e Desejos 1 Exemplar
The Mistletoe Murder 1 Exemplar
The private patien 1 Exemplar
La trilogia Dalgliesh: Una mente per uccidere-Un gusto per la morte-Una notte di luna per l'ispettore Dalgliesh (2014) 1 Exemplar
La seconda trilogia Dalgliesh: Copritele il volto-Per cause innaturali-Brividi di morte per l'ispettore Dalgliesh (2015) 1 Exemplar
L'Ispettore Dalgliesh 1 Exemplar
A Very Desirable Residence 1 Exemplar
The locals 1 Exemplar
Demolition angel 1 Exemplar
Crooked Letter 1 Exemplar
Caminho: Crimes E Desejos 1 Exemplar
A Paciente Misteriosa 1 Exemplar
O Cadáver sem Mãos 1 Exemplar
Crimes e Desejos Livro 1 1 Exemplar
O Cadáver sem Mãos Livro 1 1 Exemplar
Slut hennes g̲on [en Adam Dalgliesh-roman] 1 Exemplar
Three Complete Novels 1 Exemplar
Intrigas e Desejos 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America (1984) — Mitwirkender — 358 Exemplare
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 1 (1984) — Mitwirkender — 194 Exemplare
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist (1995) — Preface, einige Ausgaben — 175 Exemplare
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1937-1943, From Novelist to Playwright (1997) — Preface, einige Ausgaben — 101 Exemplare
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (1993) — Mitwirkender — 62 Exemplare
The Web She Weaves: An Anthology of Mystery and Suspense Stories by Women (1983) — Mitwirkender — 52 Exemplare
Ellery Queen's Anthology #30: Masters of Mystery (Fall/Winter 1975) (1975) — Mitwirkender — 29 Exemplare
Lapham's Quarterly - The Future: Volume IV, Number 4, Fall 2011 (2011) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 2 (1993) — Mitwirkender — 20 Exemplare
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: Volume Four: 1951-1957: In the Midst of Life (1998) — Preface, einige Ausgaben — 19 Exemplare
Tales of Obsession: Mystery Stories of Fatal Attractions and Deadly Desires (1994) — Mitwirkender — 16 Exemplare
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Volume Three. 1944-1950: A Noble Daring (1998) — Vorwort — 14 Exemplare
Newfield Mystery Suspense Collection: Original Sin / Mrs. Pollifax Pursued / Dead, Mr Mozart — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
The Skull Beneath the Skin | The Fantastic Saint | Vanishing Point (1983) — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
Das Grosse Lesebuch des Englischen Krimis 2 Exemplare
A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley [2013 TV mini series] — Herself — 2 Exemplare
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- James, Phyllis Dorothy, Baroness
White, Phyllis Dorothy (Ehename) - Andere Namen
- Baroness James of Holland Park
- Geburtstag
- 1920-08-03
- Todestag
- 2014-11-27
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- female
- Nationalität
- UK
- Land (für Karte)
- England, UK
- Geburtsort
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- London, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - Ausbildung
- Cambridge High School for Girls
- Berufe
- Krimiautorin
- Organisationen
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
Royal Society of Arts (Fellow)
Society Of Authors (President ∙ 1997-) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Cartier Diamond Dagger (1987)
- Agent
- Greene and Heaton
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Geschildert in zwei unterschiedlichen Erzählperspektiven, nämlich einerseits als auktoriale Erzählung, andererseits in Form von Tagebucheinträgen, entwirft P.D. James eine Dystopie in der sich die Gesellschaft in einen Hort des ereignislosen Kleinbürgertums gewandelt hat. Bürgerliche Grundfreiheiten wurden Sicherheitsdrang, Bequemlichkeit und Konsumgier geopfert. Diesbezüglich ist P.D. James Ausflug ins Science-Ficton-Genre durchaus geglückt und zeitlos. Kritik verdient aber der durchschaubare Plot und die letztlich offen bleibenden Gesellschaftsfragen, die die Autorin offenbar nicht wirklich zu Ende gedacht hat. Die Hauptprotagonisten und ihre Handlungsweisen wirken im übrigen nicht wirklich lebensnah. Die Anglikanerin P.D. James bedient sich auch biblischer Symbolik, was sich in eher plumpen Metaphern äußert.
Summa summarum bietet die Dystopie wenig wirklich Neues und Bewegendes, der auf P.D. James' Buchvorlage basierende Science-Fiction-Film mit Clive Owen ist in diesem Fall die bessere Wahl.… (mehr)