![]() ![]() But, with access to all of Christie's letters, papers and writing notebooks, as well as interviews with her grandson, daughter, son-in-law and their living relations, Thompson is able to unravel not only the detailed workings of Christie's detective fiction, but the truth behind her private life as well. .and Laura Thompsons strange, haunting biography of 2007, a book I loved when it came out and love even more now I appreciate how much work must have gone. In this biography, Laura Thompson describes the Edwardian world in which she grew up, explores the relationships she had, including those with her two husbands and daughter, and investigates the mysteries still surrounding Christie's life - including her disappearance in 1926.Īgatha Christie is a mystery and writing about her is a detection job in itself. It has been 100 years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, as well as the world’s longest-running play The Mousetrap. ![]() Born in Torquay in 1890, Agatha Christie became, and remains, the best-selling novelist of all time. is a pretty much perfect capturing of a life' - Kate Mosse Writer, Traveller, Playwright, Wife, Mother, Surfer. ![]() A definitive biography of the author, now fully updated with a new introduction to mark 100 years of Agatha Christie publishing Thompson is in a bind here because - a little in love with her subject - she wants to defend Agatha from the silted weight of the gossip of the past, and thus maintains that because Christie. ![]()
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