{"product_id":"late-scholar-paperback-1","title":"Late Scholar - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJill Paton Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Jill Paton Walsh's fourth installment in her inspired continuation of Dorothy L. Sayers's acclaimed mysteries, Lord Peter Wimsey and his detective novelist wife, Harriet Vane, revisit their beloved Oxford, where a long and literate courtship finally culminated in their engagement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo his surprise, Lord Peter, as the Duke of Denver, has been charged with settling a dispute among the Fellows of St. Severin's College, Oxford University. At first, the stalemate seems the result of a simple difference of opinion about a valuable manuscript. Some of the Fellows regard the book as nothing but an insurance liability that should be sold to finance a speculative purchase of land. The voting is evenly balanced. The Warden would normally cast the deciding vote, but he has disappeared. And when several of the Fellows die unexpectedly, Lord Peter and Harriet set off on an investigation to uncover what is really going on at St. Severin's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this return to the Oxford of \u003ci\u003eGaudy Night, \u003c\/i\u003e which many readers regard as their favorite of Sayers's original series, Jill Paton Walsh revives the wit and brilliant plotting of the Golden Age of detective fiction with\u003ci\u003e The Late Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Paton Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (1937-2020) was an award-winning author of many books for children, young adults, and adults including \u003ci\u003eThe Green Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Parcel of Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e, the Booker Prize shortlisted \u003ci\u003eKnowledge of Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Whitbread Prize winner \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's Winding Sheet\u003c\/i\u003e. She completed Dorothy L. Sayers' unfinished Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane mystery manuscript, the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThrones, Dominations\u003c\/i\u003e, and continued Sayers' series with \u003ci\u003eA Presumption of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Attenbury Emeralds\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Late Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1996, Walsh was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for services to literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy L. Sayers\u003c\/b\u003e (1983-1957), the greatest of the golden age detective novelists, was one of the first women to be awarded a degree by Oxford University. Her aristocratic detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, became one of the most popular fictional heroes of the twentieth century, but she considered her translation of Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e to be her best work.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47239964164345,"sku":"9781250068330","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WHcyTXBsbUh5QVErSWUwbWY1SVRUQT09_2646b123-170f-4b6e-868d-8926bf0321ab.webp?v=1768565886","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/late-scholar-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}