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    The Nine Tailors

    By Simon Winchester

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    It was a corpse, disfigured and unrecognisable. The sexton found it, and appropriately it was in the churchyard. The Nine Tailors is one of Dorothy Sayers' finest books of detection, featuring her internationally famous detective creation, Lord Peter Wimsey.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherReading Essentials
    Release dateJan 31, 2019
    ISBN9781773234328
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    The Nine Tailors
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    Simon Winchester

    Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, The Map That Changed the World, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He resides in western Massachusetts.

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