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by Laura Thompson


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AN EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD FINALIST

The author of the New York Times bestselling The Six now turns her formidable biographical skills to the greatest crime writer in the world, Agatha Christie.

It has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. A brilliant and award winning biographer, Laura Thompson now turns her sharp eye to Agatha Christie. Arguably the greatest crime writer in the world, Christie's books still sell over four million copies each year--more than thirty years after her death--and it shows no signs of slowing.

But who was the woman behind these mystifying, yet eternally pleasing, puzzlers? Thompson reveals the Edwardian world in which Christie grew up, explores her relationships, including those with her two husbands and daughter, and investigates the many mysteries still surrounding Christie's life, most notably, her eleven-day disappearance in 1926.

Agatha Christie is as mysterious as the stories she penned, and writing about her is a detection job in itself. With unprecedented access to all of Christie's letters, papers, and notebooks, as well as fresh and insightful 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 this mysterious woman.

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  • Title Agatha Christie
  • Author Laura Thompson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Pegasus Crime
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781681776538 / 1681776537
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.2 x 1.7 in (22.86 x 15.75 x 4.32 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, English - 20th century, Christie, Agatha
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2017, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 03/15/2018, Page 94
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/16/2017, Page 0
  • Shelf Awareness, 03/23/2018, Page 0

About the author

A writer and freelance journalist, Laura Thompson won the Somerset Maugham award for her first book, The Dogs, and is also the author of the critically acclaimed biography of Nancy Mitford, Life in a Cold Climate. Her most recent book, The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters, was a national bestseller.
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