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The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie

Author : Dick Riley,Pam McAllister,Bruce Cassiday
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0826413757

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The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie by Dick Riley,Pam McAllister,Bruce Cassiday Pdf

Over 400,000 copies sold! If you are a mystery buff, an Agatha Christie fan, an occasional Christie reader or an acquaintance of any of the above, this book is for you and all your fortunate friends The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie, on the 25th anniversary of Agatha Christie's death, continues as a grand salute to the queen of mysteries. It is filled with wonderful and surprising things about her books, her characters, the movies and plays based on them, and Dame Agatha herself. Original contributions by some sixty writers celebrate the Christie touch. Take your pick among thse intriguing features and speculations: -Surviving an English country weekend - if you had the advice of Hercule Poirot - A guide to the Christie poisions, as well as the cruder methods of genteel mayhem - The "other" Agatha Christie who wrote romantic novels - A murder victim's (!) first-person account of a Christie Mystery Weekend - The Hercule Poirot Double-Crostic and other puzzles That's a taste. There's much more - and witty plot summaries of all Christie's novels, plays, and many of her short stories. (But no endings, of course!) This treasury is more than entertainment - it is also a personal reference work for Christie fans. And there are scores of movie posters, film stills, illustrations and a Christie mystery map, too.

The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes

Author : Dick Riley,Pam McAllister
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN : 0826411401

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Providing an overview of all aspects of the life and times of the world-famous detective, Riley and McAllister offer interesting and entertaining information about the fictional sleuth. Along with the trivia and information, the authors insert historical background on Victorian England, a short biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and brief synopses of the Holmes stories. Additional chapters cover explanations of rank in the British nobility, drugs used in the era, and the wars mentioned in the stories. Several chapters make forays into understanding the psychology of Holmes, his personality, and his pleasures. One entire chapter reviews the various clubs dedicated to him. A crossword puzzle, a Sherlock Holmes Mystery Map of London, and around 200 black-and-white illustrations, including some from the stories and some of Victorian London, add to the fun.

The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Shakespeare

Author : Dick Riley,Pam McAllister
Publisher : Continuum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0826412505

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The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Shakespeare by Dick Riley,Pam McAllister Pdf

In the same winning formula as The New Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie (more than 300,000 copies sold) and The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes (1999), this all-new companion to Shakespeare will present The Bard in a new and exciting way in a new century. For students, scholars, theater lovers, and scholars - nearly everyone! - this book wraps some 400 years of Bardology into a lively and often unexpected package.In their witty and inimitable way, Dick Riley and Pam McAllister examine the whole dramatic canon, play by play, including dramas of disputed authorship. (The long poems and sonnets are also covered.) Included are inside stories on theater and film productions, "alternate" interpretations of the plays, Shakespeare's status around the world, the clubs and societies, the mysterious life - and even the question that has plagued critics almost from the day he put down his quill: whether Shakespeare even wrote the works attributed to him.

The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes

Author : Dick Riley,Pam McAllister
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0826411169

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The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Sherlock Holmes by Dick Riley,Pam McAllister Pdf

Includes a summary of each Holmes story and novel, discusses the film adaptations, and offers trivia tidbits

The Detective Novels of Agatha Christie

Author : James Zemboy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476665955

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The Detective Novels of Agatha Christie by James Zemboy Pdf

The most popular mystery writer of all time concocted a rich recipe of intrigue, character, and setting. All of Agatha Christie's 66 detective novels are covered here in great detail. Each chapter begins with general comments on a novel's geographical and historical setting, identifying current events, fashions, fads and popular interests that relate to the story. A concise plot summary and comprehensive character listing follow, and each novel is discussed within Christie's overall body of work, with an emphasis on the development of themes, narrative technique, and characters over the course of her prolific career. An appendix translates Poirot's French and defines the British idiomatic words and phrases that give Christie's novels so much of their flavor.

Postern of Fate

Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0606124837

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Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie Pdf

In this ingenious puzzle-the last novel Agatha Christie ever wrote-Tommy and Tuppence Beresford discover a clue to a killer's identity within the pages of a children's storybook.

Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie

Author : Bruce Pendergast
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781412023047

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Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie by Bruce Pendergast Pdf

Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie is a reference book covering Christie's 238 stories. It provides data never before published about both important and trivial facts. Dedications, time periods, and locations have been laboriously researched, and provided with "time warp" explanations. Even trivial data such as newspapers (100 in all), pubs (95) and automobiles (136) are shown as well as each story in which they are listed. English sayings totalling 259 are shown with the book(s) in which they appear, including a brief explanation of their meaning. Yet Guide is much more than a list of facts. It is an informative reference book about Christie's writings. As well, different perspectives on many of the perplexing mysteries within her mysteries are provided. Finally, Guide is not an alphabetical list of stories or characters. Instead, it lists many entrancing "errors" of sketches and text with comments explaining where possible the reasons for their existence. Most importantly, "Guide" does not betray any book's endings nor the identity of the villain, a rule that genuine Christie devotees always try to uphold.

The Complete Christie

Author : Matthew Bunson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780671028312

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The Complete Christie by Matthew Bunson Pdf

Painstakingly researched, this illustrated reference captures the spirited imagination of Dame Agatha and the intriguing atmosphere of her tales. Includes a comprehensive Christie biography, cross-referenced with plot synopses and character listings. Photos throughout.

Agatha Christie: Inspiring Lives

Author : Cathy Cook
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,6 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.

Agatha Christie

Author : Mark Campbell
Publisher : Oldcastle Books
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843444244

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Agatha Christie by Mark Campbell Pdf

Marking the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth, this new edition offers an informed introductin to the chief proponent of the English village murder mystery. Although she created two enormously popular characters - the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and the inquisitive elderly spinster and amateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple of St Mary Mead - it is not generally acknowledged that Agatha Christie wrote in many different genres: comic mysteries (Why Didn't They Ask Evans?), atmospheric whodunits (Murder On The Orient Express), espionage thrillers (N or M?), romances (under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott), plays (The Mousetrap) and poetry. This guide examines all of Christie's novels and short stories and lists the various TV and film adaptations of her works.

Duchess of Death

Author : Richard Hack
Publisher : Phoenix Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781614670032

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Although she is the most popular novelist in history, with over two billion books sold worldwide, Agatha Christie lived a life shrouded in secrecy and fueled by curiosity. Nearly as notorious for her aversion to the press as she was for her 80 books and collections of short stories, Christie made no secret of her need for privacy. Utilizing over 5,000 previously unpublished letters, notes, and documents, award-winning biographer Richard Hack allows Christie to write again, 33 years after her death. Duchess of Death is her story, as full of romance, travel, wealth, and scandal as any mystery Christie ever crafted. There have been numerous biographies of the Queen of Crime, all of which claim to be definitive. However, Duchess of Death is the first to draw from such an enormous number of previously unpublished correspondence and notes, effectively establishing it as the most authoritative, penetrating look at the personal and literary life of Christie.

The Mystery Fancier

Author : William F. Deeck
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 9780941028110

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A bibliography of various mystery novels published between November 1976 and Fall 1992.

The Christie Caper

Author : Carolyn G. Hart
Publisher : Crimeline
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307574466

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A group of Christie buffs. . .In honor of Agatha Christie's one hundredth birthday, mystery bookstore owner Annie Laurance Darling plans a week-long celebration of mystery, treasure hunts, title clues, and Christie trivia. Yet even as the champagne is chilling and the happy guests begin arriving on Broward's Rock Island, Annie feels a niggling sense of doom. But the last thing she or her guests expect is that the scheduled fun and mayhem will include a real-life murder. The unexpected arrival of Neil Bledsoe, the most despised book critic in America, was sure to raise a few hackles. An advocate of hard-boiled detection and gory true crime, Bledsoe drops a bombshell on the devoted Christie assemblage: He's penning a scurrilous biography of the grand dame of suspense herself. Before the first title clue is solved, no less than two attempts are made on Bledsoe's life. Now Annie and her unflappable husband, Max Darling, find themselves trying to stop a murder in the making-only the first corpse isn't the one they're expecting. . .and it isn't the last.

Women of Mystery

Author : Martha Hailey DuBose
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780312276553

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Women of Mystery by Martha Hailey DuBose Pdf

In this remarkable book, Martha Hailey DuBose has given those multitudes of readers who love the mystery novel an indispensable addition to their libraries. Unlike other works on the subject, Women of Mystery is not merely a directory of the novelists and their publications with a few biographical details. DuBose combines extensive research into the lives of significant women mystery writers from Anna Katherine Green and Mary Roberts Rinehart with critical essays on their work, anecdotes, contemporary reviews and opinions and some of the women's own comments. She takes us through the Golden Age of the British women mystery writers, Christie, Sayers, Marsh, Allingham and Tey, to the leading crime novelists of today, focused on the women who have become legends of the genre. And though she laments, "so many mysteries, so little time," she makes a good effort a mentioning "some of the best of the rest." When DuBose writes of the lives of her principal players, she relates them to their times, their families, their personal situations and above all to their books. She subtly points out that Sayers, whose experience with the men in her life was inevitably disastrous, created in Lord Peter the ideal lover -- one who is all that a woman desires and needs. DuBose gives us the curriculum vitae that Dorothy Sayers created to help her bring Peter Wimsey to a virtual actuality. Ngaio Marsh would give up an active presence in the theatrical world she loved, but she recreated it for herself as well as her readers in many of her novels. The biographies of these woman are as engrossing as the stories they wrote, and Martha DuBose has shined a different, intimate and intriguing light on them, their works, and the lives that informed those works. This book is so full of treasure it's hard to see how any mystery enthusiast will be able to do without it. And what a gift it would make for anyone on your list who has been heard to announce "I love a mystery." Some of the treats inside: In the Beginning: The Mothers of Detection Anna Katherine Green Mary Roberts Rinehart A Golden Era: The Genteel Puzzlers Agatha Christie Dorothy L. Sayers Ngaio Marsh Margery Allingham Josephine Tey Modern Motives: Mysteries of the Murderous Mind Patricia Highsmith P.D. James Ruth Rendell Mary Higgins Clark Sue Grafton and more!!