P.D. James





P.D. James

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August 03, 1920 in The United Kingdom

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Jane Austen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh


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P. D. James is the author of twenty books, most of which have been filmed and broadcast on television in the United States and other countries. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Department of Great Britain's Home Office. She has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. In 2000 she celebrated her eightieth birthday and published her autobiography, Time to Be in Earnest. The recipient of many prizes and honors, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. She lives in London and Oxford.

Awards: International Crime Writing Hall of Fame 2008; Grand Master Award from Mystery Writers of America, 1...more


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Average rating: 3.71 · 55,245 ratings · 5,380 reviews · 87 distinct works
The Children of Men
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 8,532 ratings — published 1992 — 47 editions
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Cover Her Face (Adam Dalgliesh...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 3,841 ratings — published 1962 — 41 editions
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An Unsuitable Job For A Woman
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 3,138 ratings — published 1972 — 58 editions
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Death In Holy Orders (Adam Dal...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 3,213 ratings — published 1985 — 28 editions
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The Lighthouse (Adam Dalgliesh...
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 3,259 ratings — published 2005 — 28 editions
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The Private Patient (Adam Dalg...
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 3,540 ratings — published 2008 — 34 editions
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Shroud For A Nightingale (Adam...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 2,768 ratings — published 1971 — 35 editions
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The Murder Room (Adam Dalglies...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,900 ratings — published 2002 — 39 editions
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A Taste For Death (Adam Dalgli...
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 2,450 ratings — published 1986 — 47 editions
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Death Comes to Pemberley
3.1 of 5 stars 3.10 avg rating — 3,413 ratings — published 2011 — 20 editions
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“Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports.”
P.D. James, The Lighthouse

“Time didn't heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much.”
P.D. James, Innocent Blood

“Feel, he told himself, feel, feel, feel. Even if what you feel is pain, only let yourself feel.”
P.D. James, The Children of Men

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