Faber & Faber, 2011-11-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.2598 in x 9.3701 in x 6.0630 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

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P. D. JAMES was born in Oxford in 1920 and educated at Cambridge High School for Girls. From 1949 to 1968 she worked in the National Health Service and subsequently in the Home Office, first in the Police Department and later in the Criminal Policy Department. All that experience has been used in her novels. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of Arts and has served as a Governor of the BBC, a member of the Arts Council, where she was Chairman of the Literary Advisory Panel, on the Board of the British Council, and as a magistrate in Middlesex and London. She is an Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. She has won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature (US). She has received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983, and was created a life peer in 1991. In 1997 she was elected President of the Society of Authors. She lives in London and Oxford and has two daughters, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

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Seller: Once Upon a Time Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: mon0001062962
Title: Death Comes to Pemberley
Author: James, P. D
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0571283578
ISBN 13: 9780571283576
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2011-11-01
Size: 1.2598 in x 9.3701 in x 6.0630 i
Bookseller catalogs: Book;
X weight: 1.3200 lb

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