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A review by heatherdbooks
Gaudy Night: A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery with Harriet Vane by Dorothy L. Sayers
3.0
The mystery starts "Harriet Vane sat at her writing-table and stared out into Mecklenburg Square"...
I read a biography ('Square Haunting' by Francesca Wade) last year that touched on the lives of several women who lived around Mecklenburg Square in London between the two world wars, including Dorothy Sayers. She was quite the achiever so I thought I'd read a couple of her mysteries. 'Gaudy Night' isn't a typical mystery, but I don't want to say too much because of spoilers. She wrote it in 1937. It doesn't seem dated and reading a contemporary account about the issues of women trying to break into academia was really interesting. And a little Oxford 'porn' is fun as so many of the landmarks never change. Overall, I liked it but it's not a particular standout.
I read a biography ('Square Haunting' by Francesca Wade) last year that touched on the lives of several women who lived around Mecklenburg Square in London between the two world wars, including Dorothy Sayers. She was quite the achiever so I thought I'd read a couple of her mysteries. 'Gaudy Night' isn't a typical mystery, but I don't want to say too much because of spoilers. She wrote it in 1937. It doesn't seem dated and reading a contemporary account about the issues of women trying to break into academia was really interesting. And a little Oxford 'porn' is fun as so many of the landmarks never change. Overall, I liked it but it's not a particular standout.