C. W. Scott-Giles (1893–1982)
Author of The Wimsey Family: A Fragmentary History Compiled from Correspondence With Dorothy L. Sayers
About the Author
Image credit: Book jacket photo, found at karigee.com
Works by C. W. Scott-Giles
The Wimsey Family: A Fragmentary History Compiled from Correspondence With Dorothy L. Sayers (1977) 152 copies
The road goes on : a literary and historical account of the highways, byways, and bridges of Great Britain (1946) 6 copies
The siege of Caerlaverock 3 copies
Some historic coats of arms 1 copy
Associated Works
Dante's Purgatorio (The Divine Comedy, Volume II, Purgatory) [Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with an… (1308) — Maps and diagrams, some editions — 13 copies
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- Canonical name
- Scott-Giles, C. W.
- Legal name
- Scott-Giles, Charles Wilfrid
- Other names
- The Fool of Arms
- Birthdate
- 1893-10-24
- Date of death
- 1982-03
- Burial location
- Cremated
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Southhampton, Hampshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Education
- University of Cambridge (history)
- Awards and honors
- O.B.E.
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- Works
- 15
- Also by
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- Members
- 267
- Popularity
- #86,454
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 14
So begins this history of the family of Sayers' famous detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, ferreted out by Scott-Giles, Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary (no, honestly, I am NOT making that up!), from the earliest known accounts of the family through the creation of the title to Lord Peter's generation.