Adam Dalgliesh
Poet and detective commander at New Scotland Yard.
The character's name selection is documented in the author's book "Time to Be in Earnest".[1][2] The author originally chose the surname Dalgliesh for the character.[1] The given name Adam was added after the author discovered the teacher's father's name.[1] This naming detail appears in the 1999 edition of "Time to Be in Earnest".[1]
That book was published by Faber Faber Inc on February 2, 2000.[2]
Quick Facts
- First
- Cover Her Face
- Last
- The Private Patient
- Creator
- P.D. James
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Police detective, Poet
- Nationality
- British
- Family
- Jane Dalgliesh (aunt; deceased)
- Spouse
- Mrs Dalgliesh (deceased); Emma Lavenham
Facts from the source article.
What the cited sources add
That record lists the publisher as Faber Faber Inc.[2] The ISBN for this edition is 057120094X.[2] The Open Library record lists the book as 400 pages.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "Adam Dalgliesh" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: James, "Time to Be in Earnest", Faber and Faber, 1999, p. 48 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 057120094X ("Time to Be In Earnest"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Adam Dalgliesh (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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