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Agatha Christie
A Mysterious Life
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Agatha Christie
A definitive biography of the author, now fully updated with a new introduction to mark 100 years of Agatha Christie publishing
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'Laura Thompson's outstanding biography . . . is a pretty much perfect capturing of a life' - Kate Mosse
It has been 100 years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. 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.
Agatha Christie is a mystery and writing about her is a detection job in itself. 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.
First published in 2007 as Agatha Christie: An English Mystery, this is a fully updated edition with a new introduction by the author.
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Laura Thompson's biography of Agatha Christie receives high praise for its thorough and captivating portrayal, considered by many as the definitive work on Christie's life. The narrative is widely acknowledged for its depth and insight, successfully delving into Christie's mind and capturing her essence with superb and exceptional writing.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781472269560
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 April 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 393g
Pages: 576
About the Author
Laura Thompson won the Somerset Maugham Award with her first book, The Dogs. She wrote a biographical study of Nancy Mitford, Life in a Cold Climate, and a group biography of the Mitfords, Take Six Girls, which was a New York Times bestseller. She has also written two books about real life murders: A Different Class of Murder, about the Lord Lucan case, and the CWA Dagger-nominated Rex V Edith Thompson. Her memoir of her publican grandmother, The Last Landlady, was nominated three times as a 2018 book of the year. She lives in Richmond.
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