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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date
April 4, 2000
Pages
288
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Signed
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375410918
ISBN-10
0375410910
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Original list price
$25.00
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P. D. James | Death of an Expert Witness | The Skull Beneath the Skin | The Children of Men | Talking About Detective Fiction
P. D. James | Death of an Expert Witness | The Skull Beneath the Skin | The Children of Men | Talking About Detective Fiction
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Originally loathe to embark on a full autobiography, P.D. James decided to chronicle a year in her life - the twelve months between her 77th and 78th birthday - and in so doing found the daily events and reflections of the present a springboard into the past. The result is a unique and very personal book - part diary, part memoir - that spans almost the full century.
She recalls, with insight and warmth, what it was like to grow up in post-Victorian England in a poor family, to be a schoolgirl in the 1930s. She recreates memories of giving birth to her daughter during the Doodlebug bombardment of London; struggling to support her family while trying to write; working in the Home Office in the forensic and criminal justice departments; serving as the Governor of the BBC, and eventually entering the House of Lords. And she explores the craft of the classical detective story of which she is a master.
Through a life of hard work, creativity and public service her reputation grew. During the busy year in which this memoir was penned, she published the #1 bestseller, A Certain Justice.
She recalls, with insight and warmth, what it was like to grow up in post-Victorian England in a poor family, to be a schoolgirl in the 1930s. She recreates memories of giving birth to her daughter during the Doodlebug bombardment of London; struggling to support her family while trying to write; working in the Home Office in the forensic and criminal justice departments; serving as the Governor of the BBC, and eventually entering the House of Lords. And she explores the craft of the classical detective story of which she is a master.
Through a life of hard work, creativity and public service her reputation grew. During the busy year in which this memoir was penned, she published the #1 bestseller, A Certain Justice.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (November 1, 2000)
9780786228317 | details & prices | 555 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $26.95
About: The great British mystery novelist P.
About: The great British mystery novelist P.
from Random House Inc (May 1, 2000)
9780676972719 | details & prices | List price $38.00
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Signed edition from Alfred a Knopf Inc (April 4, 2000)
9780375410918 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $25.00
About: Originally loathe to embark on a full autobiography, P.
About: Originally loathe to embark on a full autobiography, P.
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (April 1, 2000)
9780375410666 | details & prices | 269 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid autobiography of mystery writer P.
About: Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid autobiography of mystery writer P.
Paperback
from Ballantine Books (March 1, 2001)
9780345442123 | details & prices | 269 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid autobiography of mystery writer P.
About: Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid autobiography of mystery writer P.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With June Barrie (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Chivers Audio Books (August 1, 2000); titled "A Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography"
9780754004967 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.00 × 2.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $84.95
About: On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P.
About: On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P.
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