a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Osborne, Charles (2001). The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie: A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie. New York City: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-28130-7. This rampant, raucous, ridiculous romp of a murder mystery has gallons of gags, and more twists and turns than a drag queens wig. Flood, Alison (1 September 2015). " And Then There Were None declared world's favourite Agatha Christie novel". The Guardian. London.

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From 1971 to 1974, Christie's health began to fail, but she continued to write. Her last novel was Postern of Fate in 1973. [4] :368–72 [14] :477 Textual analysis suggested that Christie may have begun to develop Alzheimer's disease or other dementia at about this time. [74] [75] Personal qualities [ edit ] Christie at Schiphol Airport, 17 September 1964 World-famous Author Agatha Christie and The Mysterious Story of Her Lost 11 Days". Pera Palace Hotel. 19 September 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020 . Retrieved 2 May 2020. An American TV movie aired on NBC 18 January 1959. It was directed by Paul Bogart, and starred Barry Jones and Nina Foch. Christie's Life: 1925–1928 A Difficult Start". The Home of Agatha Christie. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015 . Retrieved 12 February 2017. And Then There Were None is the best-selling crime novel of all time, and made Agatha Christie the best-selling novelist, according to the Agatha Christie Estate. [2]Christie's works have been adapted for cinema and television. The first was the 1928 British film The Passing of Mr. Quin. Poirot's first film appearance was in 1931 in Alibi, which starred Austin Trevor as Christie's sleuth. [186] :14–18 Margaret Rutherford played Marple in a series of films released in the 1960s. Christie liked her acting, but considered the first film "pretty poor" and thought no better of the rest. [14] :430–31 The Scoop". BBC Genome Project. BBC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016 . Retrieved 10 September 2015. Robyns, Gwen (1978). The Mystery of Agatha Christie. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p.13. ISBN 0-385-12623-9.

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Proust, it is not, but it is a wonderfully entertaining and, camp as a row of tents at Millets, way to escape the reality of life for a couple of hours, and Samantha, and I thoroughly enjoyed our evening with the kings and queens. Improperly influenced a jury to bring in a guilty verdict against a man many thought to be innocent, then sentenced him to death Christie, Agatha (1980). The Mysterious Affair at Styles; Ten Little Niggers; Dumb Witness. Sydney: Lansdowne Press. ISBN 0-7018-1453-5. Late use of the original title in an Australian edition. Title [ edit ] Cover of first US 1940 edition with current title for all English-language versions. Christie's autobiography makes no reference to the disappearance. [12] Two doctors diagnosed her with "an unquestionable genuine loss of memory", [49] [50] yet opinion remains divided over the reason for her disappearance. Some, including her biographer Morgan, believe she disappeared during a fugue state. [4] :154–59 [40] [51] The author Jared Cade concluded that Christie planned the event to embarrass her husband but did not anticipate the resulting public melodrama. [52] :121 Christie biographer Laura Thompson provides an alternative view that Christie disappeared during a nervous breakdown, conscious of her actions but not in emotional control of herself. [14] :220–21 Public reaction at the time was largely negative, supposing a publicity stunt or an attempt to frame her husband for murder. [53] [e] Second marriage and later life: 1927–1976 [ edit ] Christie's room at the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul, where the hotel claims she wrote her 1934 novel Murder on the Orient ExpressAgatha Christie's Harrogate mystery". BBC News. 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013 . Retrieved 17 March 2013. In September 1930, Christie married the archaeologist Max Mallowan. The pair travelled frequently on archaeological expeditions, and she utilized the experiences she had while on her many adventures as a basis for some plots, including Murder on the Orient Express (1934), Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) and Death on the Nile (1937). She also wrote the autobiographical travel book Come, Tell Me How You Live (1946), which described their life in Syria. Her biographer, Janet Morgan, reports that "archaeologists have celebrated... [Christie's] contribution to Near Eastern exploration". [3] Christie died in 1976, her reputation as a crime novelist high. [10] Novels [ edit ] First edition cover of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1920 Taves, Brian (1987). Robert Florey, the French Expressionist. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p.152. ISBN 0-8108-1929-5. a b "Obituary. Dame Agatha Christie". The Times. 13 January 1976. p.16. 'My father,' she [Christie] recalled, 'was a gentleman of substance, and never did a handsturn in his life, and he was a most agreeable man.' The novel was originally published in late 1939 and early 1940 almost simultaneously, in the United Kingdom and the United States. The serialization was in 23 parts in the Daily Express from Tuesday 6 June to Saturday 1 July 1939. All of the instalments carried an illustration by "Prescott" with the first having an illustration of Burgh Island in Devon which inspired the setting of the story. The serialized version did not contain any chapter divisions. [25] The book retailed for seven shillings and sixpence.