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Informationen zum Autor P. D. James was a bestselling and internationally acclaimed crime writer. She was the creator of Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray! and their long and successful series of mysteries. Her works include Cover Her Face (1962)! An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972)! Innocent Blood (1980)! Children of Men (1992)! and the Jane Austen-inspired Death Comes to Pemberley (2011). James was born in Oxford in 1920. She won awards for crime writing in Britain! America! Italy and Scandinavia! including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities! was awarded an OBE in 1983 and created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors! and stood down from this role in 2013. Klappentext A masterful recreation of the world of "Pride & Prejudice"! combined with a brilliantly crafted crime story! which has proved both a critical and commercial success. The stable world of Pemberley and the marriage of Darcy and Elizabeth is rocked on the eve of the annual autumn ball! when Lydia arrives declaring that her husband Wickham has been murdered. 'In my view "Death Comes To Pemberley" is as good as anything P.D. James has written and that is very high praise indeed' Simon Brett "Sunday Express" In Death Comes to Pemberley , P. D. James masterfully recreates the world of Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice , and combines it with the excitement and suspense of brilliantly-crafted crime fiction. Zusammenfassung The world is classic Jane Austen. The mystery is vintage P.D. James. The year is 1803! and Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the nursery! Elizabeth's beloved sister Jane and her husband Bingley live nearby and the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when! on the eve of the annual autumn ball! the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears! rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. As it pulls up! Lydia Wickham - Elizabeth Bennet's younger! unreliable sister - stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered. Two great literary minds - master of suspense P.D. James and literary icon Jane Austen - come together in Death Comes to Pemberley! a bestselling historical crime fiction tribute to Pride and Prejudice. Conjuring the world of Elizabeth Bennet and Mark Darcy and combining the trappings of Regency British society with a classic murder mystery! James creates a delightful mash-up that will intrigue any Janeite. From the bestselling author of The Murder Room! Children of Men and A Certain Justice! comes a wonderful mixture of the nation's greatest romance and best-loved crime fiction. In 2013! this novel was adapted as a miniseries by the BBC! starring Matthew Rhys as Darcy! Anna Maxwell Martin as Elizabeth Bennet and Jenna Coleman as Lydia Wickham. ...
