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Clouds of Witness [sound recording - audiobook] / Dorothy L. Sayers

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundSeries: BBC Audio CrimePublication details: Bath : BBC Audiobooks, 2010Description: 3 audio CDs (180 mins.) : sound, 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 9781846071492 (sound discs)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Produced by Simon Brett
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones, James VilliersScope and content: In a shocking scandal, the like of which has not been seen in the English aristocracy since the eighteenth century. Lord Peter Wimsey's elder brother the Duke of Denver stands accused of murder. While hosting a shooting party at Riddlesdale Hall, he was found in the middle of the night, standing over the body of his sister's fiancé who had been shot through the heart. The Duke refused to provide an alibi, and was subsequently arrested. Lord Peter is determined to prove his brother's innocence, yet finds him strangely uncooperative. Furthermore, other family members apparently oppose Peter's attempts to get to the truth. His sister Lady Mary seems to know more than she is letting on - could the Duke be protecting her? In collaboration with Inspector Parker, Wimsey slowly uncovers a web oflies and deceit within his own family, and finds himself faced with the unhappy alternative of sending either his brother or his sister to the gallows. Until he himself becomes a target...
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Audiobooks Audiobooks ATU Dublin Road Audio Books MAUD. SAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G115379

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First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24 March 1974

Produced by Simon Brett

Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones, James Villiers

In a shocking scandal, the like of which has not been seen in the English aristocracy since the eighteenth century. Lord Peter Wimsey's elder brother the Duke of Denver stands accused of murder. While hosting a shooting party at Riddlesdale Hall, he was found in the middle of the night, standing over the body of his sister's fiancé who had been shot through the heart. The Duke refused to provide an alibi, and was subsequently arrested. Lord Peter is determined to prove his brother's innocence, yet finds him strangely uncooperative. Furthermore, other family members apparently oppose Peter's attempts to get to the truth. His sister Lady Mary seems to know more than she is letting on - could the Duke be protecting her? In collaboration with Inspector Parker, Wimsey slowly uncovers a web oflies and deceit within his own family, and finds himself faced with the unhappy alternative of sending either his brother or his sister to the gallows. Until he himself becomes a target...

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