# Lord Peter Views the Body — Character guide

> Key figures in Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers.

- [Lord Peter Wimsey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/lord_peter_wimsey.md): Lord Peter Wimsey is an aristocratic detective whose unprofessional career runs on persistent, irritating curiosity — the habit of asking silly questions that once exposed a hidden diamond necklace in the Woolsack and un
- [Bunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/bunter.md): Bunter is the immaculate manservant whose service to Lord Peter extends from shaving bristles to sourcing Napoleon brandies and Villar y Villar cigars, and whose composure absorbs every abrupt change of plan. He is no me
- [Detective Inspector Parker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/detective_inspector_parker.md): Detective Inspector Parker belongs to the official machinery of Scotland Yard, the world of warrants and procedure that Lord Peter cheerfully bypasses with badgering questions and unorthodox errands. His friendship with 
- [Eric P. Loder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/eric_p_loder.md): Eric Loder is a country host whose cordial greeting cannot disguise how much he has aged and how much more nervous his manner has grown. Where his disbelief in everything once seemed a kind of artistic pose, it now comes
- [Mr. Frobisher-Pym](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/mr_frobisher_pym.md): A solicitor involved in the case of the man with copper fingers.
- [Haviland Burdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/old_mr_burdock.md): Haviland Burdock was the local squire of Little Doddering, a man whose last scandal drove him out of England to New York, where he died three weeks before the story opens. His body is being shipped home for burial among 
- [Uncle Meleager](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/uncle_meleager.md): Uncle Meleager is the departed relative whose will takes the form of a crossword, turning a family inheritance into a test of verbal ingenuity. His puzzle reaches even into Lord Peter's bathroom, where Bunter's hunt for 
- [Mr. Bredon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/mr_bredon.md): A mysterious figure appearing in the adventure of the dragon's head.
- [Thomas Macpherson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/thomas_macpherson.md): A Scottish lawyer involved in the case of the stolen stomach.
- [Gherkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/gherkins.md): A character associated with a humorous subplot about pickled gherkins.
- [Mrs. Ruyslaender](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/mrs_ruyslaender.md): A woman involved in the affair of the practical joker.
- [Mr. Wilberforce Pope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/mr_wilberforce_pope.md): A suspect in the case of the cat in the bag.
- [Martin Burdock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/the_burdocks.md): A member of the Burdock family involved in the will mystery.
- [Mr. Crowder of Crichton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/mr_crowder_of_crichton.md): A lawyer involved in the case of the stolen stomach.
- [Varden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/varden.md): A character appearing in the adventure of the cave of Ali Baba.
- [Miss Twitterton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/miss_twitterton.md): A witness in the case of the man with copper fingers.
- [Young Mortimer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/young_mortimer.md): A young man involved in the affair of the practical joker.
- [Paul Melville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/paul_melville.md): A friend of Lord Peter appearing in a matter of taste.
- [Robert Ferguson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/robert_ferguson.md): An indignant gentleman involved in the bone of contention.
- [Lady Mary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/lady_mary.md): Lord Peter's sister, appearing in the cave of Ali Baba.
- [Maria Morano](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/maria_morano.md): A character in the learned adventure of the dragon's head.
- [Mr. Abrahams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/mr_abrahams.md): A character in the bibulous business of a matter of taste.
- [The Hon. Freddy Arbuthnot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/freddy_arbuthnot.md): A friend of Lord Peter, involved in the cave of Ali Baba.
- [Inspector Winterbottom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/winterbottom.md): A police inspector involved in the case of the man with no face.
- [Great-Uncle Joseph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/great_uncle_joseph.md): A deceased relative mentioned in Uncle Meleager's will.
- [Brotherton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/brotherton.md): A character in the vindictive story of the footsteps that ran.
- [Dr. Conyers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/dr_conyers.md): A doctor involved in the case of the stolen stomach.
- [Sir Impey Biggs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/sir_impey_biggs.md): A barrister appearing in the abominable history of the man with copper fingers.
- [Duchess of Medway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_peter_views_the_body_se/characters/duchess_of_medway.md): Lord Peter's mother, appearing in the cave of Ali Baba.

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