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This tries to look at Sayers' life and the character arcs of Wimsey and Harriet in the context of the "long weekend"--the period between World War I and World War II. It succeeds but only on the most shallow level. I think the Lit Crit angle was the weakest part of the book. I didn't feel that I gained any insight into the characters or the books, and I'm not an academic. To be fair, I've read the Wimsey books over and over for the last 30+ years, so maybe I've just figured most of it out on my own.

I knew most of the biographical information on Sayers as well, but if someone had just read her books, the biography angle might be something new. The history...that's hard for me to say. I would think that, if you've read the books, you know at least a little bit about the era, particularly WWI because the Great War hovers over the entire series. I'm a bit of a history buff and I knew about the various social changes going on in England at the time, but that might be something new for a casual reader.

And in the end, I think that's why this book didn't work for me. I'm not really the right audience. For someone who'd just read the books and wanted background about the author and how the times affected her and her most famous creation, this would be a good place to start.