A very decent human being who had more than her fair share of challenges

I grew up watching tv drama productions of Lord Peter Wolsey. But have only recently started to read the books of D.L.S. She has become one of my favorite writers, her characters are well rounded and multi faceted. She is never patronizing and always follows through. I enjoyed listening to this book immensely. It gave me a fuller picture of a writer whom I already admired.

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Not quite what I was looking for.

Miss Sayers was an extremely private person. So I imagine the author, despite access to her letters and a semi biographical unfinished novel, had great trouble finding anything new to add to the picture of a fascinating woman. More detail of her obsession with Dante would have been excellent to help explain her abandonment of detective fiction writing. Nor did I get any real sense of the religious zeal which was behind her later writings. The narration was uninspiring not helped by the author’s skipping around the time line. Great for a general overview but do not expect to learn much in depth of the life of Miss Sayers.

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Informational but not engaging

Thorough in its telling and provides interesting insight into events but decidedly lacking in dramatic engagement. While one doesn’t seek disingenuous exaggeration or extrapolation in biography, the narrative feels dry and one is left wanting more of the human emotion of significant events. Perhaps the primary evidence isn’t there but that seems unlikely in the face of such a prolific author and letter-writer.

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