Adam Dalgliesh is a fictional character who is the protagonist of fourteen mystery novels by P D James; the first being James's 1962 novel Cover Her Face.
18 Facts About Adam Dalgliesh
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Adam Dalgliesh appears in the two novels featuring James's other detective, Cordelia Gray.
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Adam Dalgliesh eventually reaches the rank of Commander in the Metropolitan Police at New Scotland Yard, London.
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Adam Dalgliesh writes poetry, a fact of which his colleagues are fond of reminding him.
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Adam Dalgliesh was described as being "tall, dark and handsome" by some women, alluding to Mr Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
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Adam Dalgliesh's father was the rector of a Norfolk country parish.
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Adam Dalgliesh lost his wife in childbirth 13 years before A Mind to Murder, and was reluctant to commit himself ever since.
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Adam Dalgliesh is still a member of Dalgliesh's team at the conclusion of The Private Patient.
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Adam Dalgliesh is fond of bird watching and possesses a cottage in Suffolk which she later sells and buys a converted windmill in Norfolk, which Dalgliesh inherits upon her death.
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Adam Dalgliesh is a member of the Cadaver Club, a private club of crime enthusiasts featured in Unnatural Causes as well as other novels.
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Adam Dalgliesh is editor and publisher of The Paternoster Review.
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Adam Dalgliesh makes several small appearances in the two novels in the Cordelia Gray series, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin.
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Adam Dalgliesh is asked to look into the death of Sir Ronald Callender in Cambridge and acquits Gray of any charges.
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Gray and Adam Dalgliesh stayed in contact, as evidenced by the congratulations card Adam Dalgliesh receives from Gray while convalescing after a successful operation at the beginning of The Black Tower.
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Gossiping Conrad Ackroyd remarks on Adam Dalgliesh's being seen dining out with Cordelia in A Taste for Death.
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Five of the Adam Dalgliesh novels have been dramatised by Neville Teller for BBC Radio 4.
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Robin Ellis played Adam Dalgliesh in Cover Her Face and Devices and Desires.
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Adam Dalgliesh was then played by Richard Derrington in A Taste for Death and The Private Patient.