Step into the real world behind the mysteries of Golden Age detective writer Dorothy L. Sayers. This fold-out guide introduces the settings that informed her work. Each place is set out with historical background and precise literary ties, showing the streets, villages and landscapes that feature in Sayers' most celebrated stories.

Follow a London trail that includes the Naval and Military Club, which became the Bellona Club, Miss Climpson's Pimlico home, the Old Bailey where Harriet Vane stood trial and met Lord Peter Wimsey, and the Fleet Street offices where Sayers plotted Murder Must Advertise while working on advertising campaigns. Oxford features prominently, notably Shrewsbury College based on her own Somerville. Beyond the cities lie Fenchurch St Paul with its noted bell tower from The Nine Tailors, the Yorkshire moors that frame Clouds of Witness, and the artistic community at Kirkcudbright from Five Red Herrings.

The hand-drawn map and guide is suited to dedicated fans, literary travellers, students of Golden Age crime and anyone interested in the real places that shaped Sayers' fiction. 

Written by Eric Sandberg
Design by Chris Wilkinson

Folder contents
Map (400 x 690mm) and postcard
Print
Litho-printed in Sussex, England, using vegetable oil-based inks on sustainably sourced paper