P. D. James (1920–2014)
Auteur van De verloren generatie
Over de 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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Fotografie: Photo by Alixe Buckerfield de la Roche, courtesy of Faber Books
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Werken van P. D. James
Meurtre dans un fauteuil / Un certain goût pour la mort (Les dames du crime) (1975) 2,259 exemplaren, 43 besprekingen
The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811 (1971) 444 exemplaren, 11 besprekingen
In Murderous Company (Unnatural Causes / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman / The Black Tower) (1980) 236 exemplaren, 1 bespreking
P.D. James: Three Complete Novels (Cover Her Face | A Mind to Murder | Shroud for a Nightingale (1979) 153 exemplaren, 1 bespreking
Deadly Pleasures: The Black Tower | Death of an Expert Witness | The Skull Beneath the Skin (1996) 136 exemplaren
Trilogy of Death: Innocent Blood/An Unsuitable Job for a Woman/The Skull Beneath the Skin (1972) 69 exemplaren
An Adam Dalgliesh Omnibus (A Taste for Death / Devices and Desires / Original Sin) (1998) 33 exemplaren
Cover Her Face/Shroud for a Nightingale/Skull Beneath the Skin/A Taste for Death (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series 1, 4, 8… (1987) 29 exemplaren, 1 bespreking
Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery, A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatization) (2002) 21 exemplaren, 1 bespreking
The Omnibus: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by | Death of an Expert Witness | Innocent Blood (1990) 20 exemplaren, 1 bespreking
P.D. James Omnibus (Unnatural Causes / Shroud for a Nightingale / An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) (1967) 12 exemplaren
Trilogy of Death: Death of an Expert Witness/Innocent Blood/The Skull Beneath the Skin (1984) 11 exemplaren
P. D. James's Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries: Cover Her Face, A Mind to Murder, Unnatural Causes, Shroud for a Nightingale,… (2015) 7 exemplaren
The Skull Beneath the Skin: BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (BBC Radio Collection) (2003) 4 exemplaren
Adam Dalgliesh Chronicles [DVD] 3 exemplaren
P-D James : Tome 3, Un certain goût pour la mort, Par action et par omission, Péché originel, Une certaine justice,… (2003) 3 exemplaren
P. D. James Box Set (The Black Tower, Shroud for a Nightingale, Unnatural Causes, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman) (1975) 3 exemplaren
Murder 1986 2 exemplaren
4 Titles - PD James - Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries Series - 1) The Murder Room - 2) A Certain Justice - 3) A Taste For… 2 exemplaren
Geen titel 2 exemplaren
A Mind to Murder (Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery) by James, P. D. (August 5, 2010) Paperback 2 exemplaren
Omibus 2 exemplaren
Geen werk voor een vrouw ; Melodie des doods 2 exemplaren
Ett Opassande Jobb För En Kvinna 2 exemplaren
Les enquêtes d'Adam Dalgliesh tome 2 mort d' un expert, un certain gout pour la mort, par action et par omission (1990) 2 exemplaren
The Murder Room / Death in Holy Orders 2 exemplaren
A proposito del giallo: Autori, personaggi, modelli (Piccola biblioteca oscar Vol. 714) (2013) 2 exemplaren
The Murder of Santa Claus [kort verhaal] 2 exemplaren
Cover her face; A mind to murder; Unnatural causes; Shroud for a nightingale; The black tower (1992) 2 exemplaren
Takard el az arcát! 1 exemplaar
The Back Tower 1 exemplaar
O Cadáver sem mãos 1 exemplaar
The Private Patient by P.D. James (2009-11-03) 1 exemplaar
O Gosto da morte 1 exemplaar
Último Acto 1 exemplaar
A Paciente Misteriosa 1 exemplaar
Intrigas e Desejos 1 exemplaar
Surilina ööbikule 1 exemplaar
P.D. James : The Essential Collection [15 Discs] 1 exemplaar
Morte no Tribunal 1 exemplaar
Armadilhas e Desejos 1 exemplaar
A Sala do Crime 1 exemplaar
The Mistletoe Murder 1 exemplaar
livro filhos da esperanca 1 exemplaar
A Taste for Death, Part 2 1 exemplaar
Az ember gyermeke 1 exemplaar
Um Gosto por Morte 1 exemplaar
The skull beneath the skin 1 exemplaar
The Lighthouse, The Murder Room 1 exemplaar
crown princess and unnatural causes 1 exemplaar
HLa Istanza dei delitti 1 exemplaar
Demolition angel 1 exemplaar
Crooked Letter 1 exemplaar
A Very Desirable Residence [kort verhaal] 1 exemplaar
L'Ispettore Dalgliesh 1 exemplaar
Caminho: Crimes E Desejos 1 exemplaar
Day Of The Dead 1 exemplaar
An Unsuitable Job For A Woman / Cover Her Face 1 exemplaar
The locals 1 exemplaar
Slut hennes g̲on [en Adam Dalgliesh-roman] 1 exemplaar
The private patien 1 exemplaar
Un indizio per Cordelia Gray-Un lavoro inadatto a una donna (titolo originale An unsuitable job for a woman - the skull… (1995) 1 exemplaar
O Cadáver sem Mãos 1 exemplaar
Crimes e Desejos Livro 1 1 exemplaar
O Cadáver sem Mãos Livro 1 1 exemplaar
A Paciente Misteriosa 1 exemplaar
Three Complete Novels 1 exemplaar
La trilogia Dalgliesh: Una mente per uccidere-Un gusto per la morte-Una notte di luna per l'ispettore Dalgliesh (2014) 1 exemplaar
La seconda trilogia Dalgliesh: Copritele il volto-Per cause innaturali-Brividi di morte per l'ispettore Dalgliesh (2015) 1 exemplaar
La mort s'invite à Pemberley 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- James of Holland Park, Phyllis Dorothy, Baroness
White, Phyllis Dorothy (married) - Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Baroness James of Holland Park
- Geboortedatum
- 1920-08-03
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2014-11-27
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- GB
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- England, UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK (at home)
- Woonplaatsen
- London, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - Opleiding
- Cambridge High School for Girls
- Beroepen
- novelist
civil servant
magistrate
governor (BBC)
Member of the House of Lords (Conservative) - Organisaties
- 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) (toon alle 10)
Prayer Book Society (lay patron)
St Hilda's College, Oxford (honorary fellow)
National Health Service
Department of Home Affairs - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Cartier Diamond Dagger (1987)
- Agent
- Greene and Heaton
Leden
Discussies
Folio Archives 365: Cover Her Face by P.D.James 2008 in Folio Society Devotees (april 2)
Besprekingen
Death comes to Pemberley door P.D. James
De oudere thrillerschrijfster heeft zich geamuseerd door haar verhaal te situeren op het Pemberley van Jane Austen , maar een waardige sequel van 'Pride and Prejudice' is dit boek toch niet. Daarvoor ontbreekt de spirit van Austens origineel.
P.D. James blijft op eenzame hoogte, op haar vijfentachtigstste still going strong. Ook hier weet zij een oud bekend detective thema n.l. een aantal verdachten op een geïsoleerd eiland, op een originele manier te gebruiken voor een spannende psychologische thriller. Een schrijver wordt vermoord en inspecteur Dalgleish komt naar het eiland om te onderzoeken wie hem vermoord kan hebben. Verdachten genoeg want de schrijver is bepaald geen geliefd persoon, zelfs zijn dochter heeft redenen om een hekel aan haar vader te hebben. Wanneer ook nog een gast SARS blijkt te hebben en de inspecteur ziek wordt en er niemand van buiten naar het eiland mag komen stijgen de onderlinge spanningen.
De oplossing is mooi gevonden en psychologisch sterk uitgewerkt. Een aanrader voor elke detective liefhebber.… (meer)
De oplossing is mooi gevonden en psychologisch sterk uitgewerkt. Een aanrader voor elke detective liefhebber.… (meer)
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