A Presumption of Death persons is not war, but it is the surest form of victory. A Presumption of Death A Presumption of Death is a Lord Peter Wimsey-Harriet Vane mystery novel by Jill Paton Walsh, based loosely on "The Wimsey Papers" by Dorothy L. Sayers. The novel is Walsh's first original Lord Peter Wimsey novel, following "Thrones, Dominations", which Sayers left as an unfinished manuscript, and was completed by Walsh. "A Presumption of Death" is written by Walsh, except for excerpts from "The Wimsey Papers". Harriet, Lady Peter Wimsey, has evacuated her family to the Wimseys' country house, Talboys in Hertfordshire, taking her
Rosemary Leach played the part of Anna in BBC Radio 4's "No Commitments", and Susan Harper's mother Grace in "My Family". She made a guest appearance as 'Bessie' on "Waterloo Road" (the TV series), in Series 3 Spring Term. Since 1994, she has made occasional appearances in "The Archers" as Ellen Rogers, the ex-pat aunt of Nigel Pargetter. She portrayed Miss Twitterton in the Radio 4 adaptation of the Lord Peter Wimsey story "Busman's Honeymoon", first broadcast in 1983. In 2001, she played a leading role in "Destroying Angel", an episode of "Midsomer Murders". She played Queen Elizabeth II three times: in