Nevertheless she would seek tosell theMillergrave plot in the Greenwood Cemeteryin NewYork,for which she hadto pay just thirty dollars orsoayear,saying thatthe family was 'never likely tobe in America and [was]in extremelylow financial ...
'The Rubella Idea' lay at the heart of The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side; 'Death-Broker idea' became The Pale Horse. ... She was once asked by a jovial Cecil Day-Lewis (a sometime writer of detective fiction) if she would sell him a ...
... Baroness James; Professor Harry Smith; Rachel Maxwell-Hyslop; Dr Julian Reade; Diana Gunn; Julia Camoys Stonor; Anne Sykes; Diana Howland; Lady Saunders; Brian Stone; Charles Vance; John Curran; Tony Medawar; Margaret Moore; ...
Some analyse the art itself; some explain the reasons for her success, not just the books, but also in film and theatre. The approaches are penetrating, affectionate, enthusiastic, analytical, funny - even critical.
Dame Agatha offers vivid descriptions of her childhood, family life, contemporaries, and travels abroad as well as discussing her own struggles as a writer and the general problems of creative writing
AGATHA CHRISTIE: Murder on the Orient Express and and Then There Were None
A collection of novels by renowned mystery author Agatha Christie.
It is the essential guide for all devotees of the Queen of Crime.
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are the protagonists of a series of novels and short stories by Agatha Christie, and mark the few ventures that Christie made into espionage tales rather than the whodunits she's known for.
Agatha Christie: The Best of Miss Marple
First Lady of Crime Agatha Christie H. R. F. Keating. own. Gone are the days when there existed a single flower in Proust, a single musical motif in Thomas Mann, that had not been analysed to smithereens. Inexorably the horde has ...
Joanna; Van Schuyler, Marie; Windlesham, Lord Charles; Wode, Sir George See also: Agatha Christie's Poirot; ... Nile” (story) The Parker Pyne short story “Death on the Nile” bears no relation to the more famous novel of the same name, ...
The myriad of angles explored are penetrating, affectionate, enthusiastic, analytical, and even funny. Together, they give insight into the life and work of the First Lady of Crime. Book jacket.
Although Christie lived to a great age, and was prolific, she remained elusively shy and determinedly private. Granted sole access to family papers and other protected material, Morgan has created...
The book has delighted readers of Christie's detective stories for more than 30 years with its clear view of her career and personality, and this edition includes a new foreword by the author reflecting on the longevity of Agatha Christie's ...
Agatha Christie
A revealing and witty new examination of how Agatha Christie became the world’s most successful and popular female playwright, including details of never-before-published scripts and stories.
In this sensitive and revealing biography of Agatha Christie, Gillian Gill probes the mysterious private life and motivations of one of the bestselling authors of all time and discovers a brilliant and eccentric woman whose passionate ...
In this book from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Agatha Christie, the most famous crime writer of all time.
Agatha Christie: The Best of Hercule Poirot