The Agatha Christie Inspiring Lives

Author : Cathy Cook
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752492537

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Agatha Christie: Inspiring Lives by Cathy Cook Pdf

This miscellany explores the fascinating and enigmatic world created by the undisputed 'Queen of Crime', Agatha Christie. Examining her place in literary history, her books and her iconic characters, including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, this unique collection includes facts, trivia and quotes that feature in Christie's legendary stories and the subsequent film and television adaptations. The Agatha Christie Miscellany will also delve into the secrets, mysteries and tricks that made Christie the most sensational and successful mystery writer of her time. For example, how is it that she managed to keep us guessing the murderer until the very end? Looking at her life and the influences on her writing, this entertaining and informative miscellany will, above all, unravel the secrets of Agatha Christie's phenomenal success.

Author : Cathy Cook
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780752492537

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The Agatha Christie: Inspiring Lives by Cathy Cook Pdf

This miscellany explores the fascinating and enigmatic world created by the undisputed ‘Queen of Crime’, Agatha Christie. Examining her place in literary history, her books and her iconic characters, including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, this unique collection includes facts, trivia and quotes that feature in Christie’s legendary stories and the subsequent film and television adaptations. The Agatha Christie Miscellany will also delve into the secrets, mysteries and tricks that made Christie the most sensational and successful mystery writer of her time. For example, how is it that she managed to keep us guessing the murderer until the very end? Looking at her life and the influences on her writing, this entertaining and informative miscellany will, above all, unravel the secrets of Agatha Christie’s phenomenal success.

Author : Cathy Cook
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Biography
ISBN : OCLC:1136492539

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Agatha Christie by Cathy Cook Pdf

This miscellany explores the fascinating and enigmatic world created by the undisputed 'Queen of Crime', Agatha Christie. Examining her place in literary history, her books and her iconic characters, including Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, this unique collection includes facts, trivia and quotes that feature in Christie's legendary stories and the subsequent film and television adaptations. This book will also delve into the secrets, mysteries and tricks that made Christie the most sensational and successful mystery writer of her time. For example, how is it that she managed to keep us guessing the murderer until the very end? Looking at her life and the influences on her writing, this entertaining and informative miscellany will, above all, unravel the secrets of Agatha Christie's phenomenal success.

Author : Hilary Macaskill
Publisher : Otter-Barry Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1914902009

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Agatha Christie at Home by Hilary Macaskill Pdf

This new and revised edition of Hilary Macaskill's classic book, with many new illustrations, offers an insight into the life and work of the world's bestselling author. Hilary Macaskill examines the houses that meant most to Agatha Christie, including her childhood home, Ashfield, in Torquay; Winterbrook in Oxfordshire, and, above all, Greenway, soaring above the River Dart and Agatha's favorite home from 1938 to the end of her life in 1976 (though requisitioned in the Second World War by the Admiralty, and from 1943 to 1945 home also to the United States Coast Guard). The author also explores more temporary abodes, not only a succession of flats and houses in London (mainly in Kensington and Chelsea) but also the homes she set up at the digs (mostly in the Middle East) that she traveled to with her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan, and the hotels - notably the Moorland Hotel on Dartmoor, to which she adjourned in the grip of writer's block to complete her first detective novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and the Burgh Island Hotel, a major inspiration for And Then There Were None and Evil Under the Sun.

Author : Lauren Nixon
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780752490854

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Jane Austen: Inspiring Lives by Lauren Nixon Pdf

Jane Austen is the world's bestselling novelist – 200 years after her death. We seem to have a never-ending appetite for the swooning of Sense & Sensibility; smouldering passion of Pride & Prejudice – resulting in a near constant supply of film adaptations and spin-off books. The fan market for Austen – the Austenites - is huge and international. Her novels are about to celebrate their bicentennials (Sense & Sensibility 2011). 30,000 visitors each year to Chawton, Hamspshire and Jane Austen Centre, Bath. This book will reveal the real Jane: bitchy, gossipy, badly behaved at times as well as show the side we all love: the writer, sister, true romantic.

Author : Laura Thompson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781681777115

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Agatha Christie by Laura Thompson Pdf

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.

Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Limited
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781847809605

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Agatha Christie by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Pdf

In the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the lives of outstanding people from designers and artists to scientists. All of them went on to achieve incredible things, yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream. The book follows Agatha Christie, who taught herself to read at the age of five, on her journey to becoming the most famous crime writer of all time. This inspiring and informative little biography comes with extra facts about Agatha's life at the back.

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN : 0008342237

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The Greenway Collection by Agatha Christie Pdf

Author : Charles Osborne
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000009119946

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The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne Pdf

From the Back Cover: A Shy and retiring woman who began to write "in order to avoid having to talk to people," Agatha Christies produced her first detective novel at age twenty-six on a dare from her sister. She went on to author seventy-eight crime novels and short-story collections that have sold over two billion copies in more than 100 languages, making her the bestselling author of all time (Shakespeare is second). Published in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of her birth, The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie is a comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to the lifework of this remarkable woman and an in-depth portrait of the world in which she lived. In this insightful biography, acclaimed author Charles Osborne examines not only Christie's numerous murder mysteries and crime thrillers but also her plays, poetry, nonfiction, stories for children, the films based on her works, and the six semiautobiographical "romantic" novels that she wrote under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. Osborne also explores the creation of Christie's much loved sleuths-the egotistical and eccentric Hercule Poirot and the shrewd spinster Miss Jane Marple. From classics of detection like Murder on the Orient Express, Ten Little Indians, and her record-breaking play The Mousetrap to her mysterious 1926 "disappearance" and her life in the Middle East as an assistant to her archaeologist husband, this fascinating and authoritative biography reveals the life and work of the woman who ushered in the golden age of crime fiction and who remains the world's most popular mystery writer.

Author : Anne Martinetti,Guillaume Lebeau
Publisher : SelfMadeHero
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1910593117

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Agatha by Anne Martinetti,Guillaume Lebeau Pdf

In December 1926, renowned crime novelist Agatha Christie vanished, sending shockwaves through British society. As the authorities scoured the country for her, theories and suspicions abounded: it was murder, a hoax, suicide, a publicity stunt, revenge. When she was finally located - ten days later, living under an assumed name in a hotel in Harrogate - she returned to normal life, refusing to explain what had happened. Despite Christie's reputation for final act revelations, this episode of her life would be forever shrouded in mystery

Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781786032409

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Agatha Christie by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Pdf

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. When Agatha was young, she read books every night, but always had her own idea for how they should end! As an adult, her crime novels, with their twists and turns and peculiar detectives, challenged the minds of millions of readers, making her the queen of mystery and the bestselling novelist of all time. This ebook features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the end, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the author's life. Little People, BIG DREAMSis a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series of ebooks offers inspiring messages to children of all ages. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

Author : Caroline Crampton
Publisher : Herb Lester Associates
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1838216731

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Agatha Christie's England: A Map and Guide from Herb Lester by Caroline Crampton Pdf

A guide to real-life locations associated with Agatha Christie, the best-selling author of all time, including those she visited, where she lived and where her stories unfold. Includes many key locations in Christie's novels and stories, including some disguised by her with fictional place names.

Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781786032201

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Agatha Christie by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Pdf

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. When Agatha was young, she read books every night, but always had her own idea for how they should end! As an adult, her crime novels, with their twists and turns and peculiar detectives, challenged the minds of millions of readers, making her the queen of mystery and the best-selling novelist of all time. This stirring book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the author's life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover and paperback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

Author : Charles Osborne
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007455508

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The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie: A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie (Text Only) by Charles Osborne Pdf

A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie – revised and updated edition

Author : Janet Morgan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007392995

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Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet Morgan Pdf

Janet Morgan’s definitive and authorised biography of Agatha Christie, with a new retrospective foreword by the author.