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Agatha Christie: An Autobiography: Paperbacks
Her story, in her own words. Published a year after Agatha Christie's death, her autobiography tells of her fascinating private life, from early childhood through two marriages and two world wars, and her experiences both as a writer and on archaeologiacal expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan. Not only does ...
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From Stories
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A Pocket Full of Rye: Novel
Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie, When the pie was opened the birds began to sing, Oh wasn’t that a dainty dish to set before the king? Rex Fortesque was not so fortunate, he wasn’t presented with a ...
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An Autobiography: Memoir
An autobiography, published in 1977 a year after her death, twlls of hristie's fascinating private life, from early childhood through two marriages and two World Wars, and her experiences both as a writer and on archaelogical expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan. Not only does the book reveal the ...
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Partners in Crime: Short Story Collection
Six years have passed since the Beresfords began their sleuthing partnership in The Secret Adversary. Tommy now has a desk job with the British Secret Service, and Tuppence, much to her displeasure is at home, though when the Chief of British Intelligence asks them to take over the International Detective ...
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The Gipsy: Short Story
Dickie Carpenter has a phobia of gipsies stemming from a terrifying childhood encounter. When his fears come back to haunt him should he be frightened or could they prove to be his salvation? This story explores one of the themes that interested Christie throughout her life – that of the ...
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Biography: The Queen of Crime
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born on 15 September 1890 in Torquay, England. Her father, Frederick, was an outgoing American with an independent income. Her mother, Clara, was rather shy; Agatha resembled her greatly in personality. There were two other children - Madge and Monty, both older than Agatha. Although ... -
Greenway: Christie's England
Agatha Christie loved nothing better than escaping with her family to Greenway, their Devon holiday home. Following the launch of an appeal to raise £5.4 million to help pay for major restoration work, the National Trust will open Greenway House to the public from Spring 2009. For the first time, visitors ... -
Christie's Devon: Christie's England
Devon, glorious Devon – the idyllic background for Agatha Christie’s childhood, youth and later life, and the setting for no less than 15 of her novels. Born in Torquay in 1890, the young Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller lived at Ashfield, a large Victorian mansion in the district of Torre, and ... -
Playing the Game: Blog
First of all, I want to welcome all of the Agatha Christie fans who are visiting this blog. I hope that you enjoy my essays, and that what I write helps to enhance your appreciation for the works of Agatha Christie. I intend to produce several different styles of essays. ... -
Greenway reopening 2009: Blog
If you were to ask me what I thought was the most important Agatha Christie thing that was going to happen in the next year, I would say the reopening of Greenway, Nima’s [my grandmother's] lovely house in Devon, now owned by the National Trust. To me, Greenway means all ... -
watching poirot series :
I've recently discovered tv series and movies of poirot and miss marple in youtube and have enjoyed watching them ...
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The Rose and the Yew Tree:
The story of John Gabriel’s life is told by Hugh Norreys, crippled by a road accident and convalescing in ...