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Embark on a journey through the life behind the mother of cozy mysteries like Murder on The Orient Express and And Then There Were None with this captivating literary biography and stunning celebration of Agatha Christie. 100 short entries take you through moments from Agatha Christie’s...

Meet Agatha Christie, the best-selling novelist in human history. Her writing career spanned six decades, during which time she wrote 66 crime novels, 6 non-crime novels (including romances), and over 150 short stories. Not only was she a phenomenally successful novelist, but she is also the most successful female playwright of all time - her play “The Mousetrap” is the longest-running show in history. As you learn about Christie’s experiences and her storied career, you will better understand how the circumstances of her life shaped her work and vice versa.

A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple. Winner of the 2025 H.R.F Keating Award for the best 2024 biography or critical book related to crime fiction. In Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness,‘Agathologist’ Dr Mark...

Agatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translated into over 100 languages and adapted for stage and screen. Christie's writing life ran from 1920 to the 1970s, and she didn't just write puzzles, she wrote plays, supernatural stories, thrillers, satires, and domestic noir. She also commented obliquely but perceptively on the social and cultural changes of a troubled century. Christie's work tells the story of a changing Britain, but perhaps her greatest achievement is not to be limited by that national context.

From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world’s favourite fictional detective. This book tells his story decade-by-decade, exploring his...

Agatha Christie's personal memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan, where she worked on the digs and wrote some of her most evocative novels. Think you know Agatha Christie? Think again! To the world she was Agatha Christie, legendary author of best-selling whodunits. But in the 1930s she wore a different hat, travelling with her husband, renowned archaeologist Max Mallowan, as he investigated the buried ruins and ancient wonders of Syria and Iraq.

A unique approach to understanding Agatha Christie’s infamous eleven-day disappearance, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Edgar-nominated Agatha Christie. In December of 1926, Agatha Christie, the world’s most famous mystery author, vanished. Eleven days later, after frenzied...

Questo ritratto in audio ci svela l'affascinate, intensa e, a tratti misteriosa, vita di Agatha Christie, dominatrice assoluta della detective story per più di cinquant'anni e considerata da molti la "regina del delitto". Agatha Christie è stata probabilmente la scrittrice più prolifica del ventesimo secolo e forse la donna più famosa al mondo che abbia mai svolto questa professione.

Myslíte, že znáte Agathu Christie? Opravdu? Pro svět byla legendární autorkou nejprodávanějších knih. Ve 30. letech 20. století však cestovala se svým manželem, známým archeologem Maxem Mallowanem, který zkoumal ruiny a starověké divy Sýrie a Iráku. Když se jí přátelé zeptali, jaký je ten podivný "jiný život", rozhodla se odpovědět na jejich otázky tím, že si zapíše svá dobrodružství do této knihy. Autorka tento život popsala jako meandrující kroniku života během archeologických vykopávek.

Agatha Christie, born in upper-middle-class British society during the late Victorian era, turned into one of the most prolific and popular mystery writers of all time. Her novels have been translated into 44 languages and have sold over two billion copies worldwide. Her mysteries continue to sell as new generations of readers discover the delights of her main characters, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. In addition, Christie’s plays have been a tremendous success, with The Mousetrap running in London for the past 70 years.

Agatha Christie remains, all these years later, the unchallenged queen of the murder-mystery genre. What life could produce the woman who seems to be the clear inspiration for J.B. Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote? Follow Christie from England to Egypt and back again, join her on archaeological digs with her husband and dive into strange facts that led to her to write fewer books as she aged.

Agatha Christie, British queen of crime novels: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Agatha Christie, englische Königin des Kriminalromans: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Nel 1930 Aghata Christie, già celebre scrittrice, sposava in seconde nozze il giovane archeologo Max Mallowan, decisa a seguire il marito nelle sue spedizioni in Paesi come la Siria o l'Iraq. Nacque così questo libro di memorie, un resoconto di viaggi ironico e autoironico, candido e malizioso, discreto e sincero in cui l'autrice rievoca avventure e disavventure di una tranquilla signora della buona borghesia inglese.

Agatha Christie è, ancora oggi, la scrittrice di gialli più letta al mondo. Donna appassionata, piena di talento e carattere, la Christie ha vissuto una vita tutt'altro che monotona: un'educazione fuori dagli schemi, due matrimoni, molti viaggi e un successo conclamato grazie all'invenzione di due personaggi memorabili, il detective Hercule Poirot e l'ingegnosa Miss Marple. Il suo enorme talento come scrittrice la portò non solo a essere un'autrice di gialli eccezionale, ma anche un'ottima sceneggiatrice di teatro.