Busman's Honeymoon

By Dorothy L. Sayers

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• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: B0012NPORS
• Release Date: January 1953
• Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd.
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The last completed novel features Harriet Vane.

The title "Busman's Honeymoon" is sort of a play on words. Look up the busman's holiday in the dictionary. It was a play that was also made into the movie "Haunted Honeymoon" (1940) starring Robert Montgomery and Constance C-u-m-m-i-g-s. There are still some short stories and a novel finished by someone else; however, Busman's Honeymoon is the last of the novel series featuring Harriet Vane. Some of the short stories are "The Haunted Policeman" and "Talboys." The book starts with a series of letters from well-known friends of the couple, described previously in Dorothy L. Sayers' novels. They bring you up to date while describing the wedding of Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. Some of the characters are just referenced, and you will have to have read the previous novels for fuller details. The primary thrust of this novel is the relationship between Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane. With exquisite descriptions of their life and the English environment in which they live. Oh yes, there is also an intriguing mystery for the couple to solve. However, the mystery does not overshadow the rest of the story. One of the most important overlooked items in most descriptions of this book is the expanded explanation of the history and relationship of Bunter to Lord Peter.