Agatha Christie was the author of over eighty novels & over a dozen plays including The Mousetrap the longest continuously running play in theatrical history. Her books have been translated into more languages than the works of Shakespeare. Agatha Christie's first home was at Ashfield in Torquay a house that she retained for nearly half a century until she sold it in 1938 in order to buy Greenway her 'dream house' on the River Dart. She spent all her summers there till she died in 1976. It was she wrote: 'the loveliest house in the world.' Now owned by the National Trust Greenway was opened to the public in 2009. Both Devon homes which featured in several of her novels & stories were central to Agatha's life but she also loved the process of acquiring & planning houses in other places
- from Sunningdale to Baghdad: at one time before the Second World War she owned eight properties in London. Her enthusiasm for buying restoring & decorating houses is one of the lesser-known aspects of her life but one that was very important to her. Agatha Christie at Home
- illustrated with photos of her life her homes & of the Devon she loved
- recounts this side of her life & its author Hilary Macaskill writes about some of the houses Agatha Christie lived in her relationship with the staff who ran them & her love of domesticity. Illustrated with rarely-seen archive images & evocative photographs of Greenway & the surrounding countryside Agatha Christie at Home provides an insight into the life & work of a much-loved author.


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This miscellany explores the fascinating & enigmatic world created by the undisputed ' Queen of Crime' Agatha Christie. Examining her place in literary history her books & her iconic characters including Hercule Poirot & Miss Marple this unique collection

Includes:: facts trivia "es that feature in Christie's legendary stories & the subsequent film & television adaptations. The Agatha Christie Miscellany will also delve into the secrets mysteries & tricks that made Christie the most sensational & 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 & the influences on her writing this entertaining & informative miscellany will above all unravel the secrets of Agatha Christie's phenomenal success.

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A brand new learning aid incorporating 2 CDs & a complementary book that uses the stories of the peerless Queen of Crime Agatha Christie to both teach & improve English. A new product designed for those people who wish to improve their English by the tried & tested method of reading hearing & understanding. Using Christies simple yet flawless English the twists & turns of her plots will keep listeners entertained whilst they improve their grammar & vocabulary. Each volume is read by a selection of celebrated readers many of who are already synonymous with Agatha Christie The Queen of Crime after appearing in the world-renowned television adaptations of her work. With each CD specifically featuring a variety of readers listeners will get used to hearing & understanding English spoken in a variety of dialects tones & pitches. CD1 Death by Drowning (read by Joan Hickson) -- an architect stands accused of murdering an unmarried mother-to-be! The Plymouth Express (read by David Suchet) -- the body of a millionaires daughter is found under a train seat! CD2 The Lamp (read by Christopher Lee) -- in a haunted house a young boy discovers an invisible playmate! The Case of the Missing Lady (read by James Warwick) -- an arctic explorer asks Tommy & Tuppence Beresford to find his missing fiancee! ...

Agatha Christies life & career told through the decades from the never-before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last complete with two unpublished Agatha Christie stories
- including a lost Miss Marple. In this follow-up volume to the acclaimed Agatha Christies Secret Notebooks Christie archivist & expert John Curran leads the reader through the six decades of Agatha Christies writing career unearthing some remarkable clues to her success & a number of never-before-published excerpts & stories from her archives. Starting his investigation in the 1920s John Curran examines the conventions of detective novels as they existed then & how Agatha Christies publisher talked her into changing the ending of her very first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles a move that almost certainly changed the fortunes of not only her career but the future of the whole crime writing genre. For the very first time this book prints Agathas original ending painstakingly transcribed from her notebooks. Every decade saw Agatha Christies success grow to new heights. The emergence of the world-famous Collins Crime Club in 1930 brought with it the very first Miss Marple mystery the austerity of the 1940s had Agatha Christie preparing to kill off Hercule Poirot & the 1950s saw her experiment increasingly with formats influenced by more modern thrillers. Focusing on the detail of more than 20 Christie novels to illustrate this John Curran shows the evolution of Agathas writing through the decades including the influence of the swinging sixties & seventies concluding the book with a look at Agathas last notebook using his Christie knowledge to speculate about what she had in mind based on her brief notes for an unwritten final book. Also

Includes:: a number of short stories from the archives reproduced in full including the unpublished The Man Who Knew How I Created Hercule Poirot & an early draft for a Miss Marple story The Case of the Caretakers Wife.


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Agatha Christies life & career told through the decades from the never-before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last complete with two unpublished Agatha Christie stories
- including a lost Miss Marple. In this follow-up volume to the acclaimed Agatha Christies Secret Notebooks Christie archivist & expert John Curran leads the reader through the six decades of Agatha Christies writing career unearthing some remarkable clues to her success & a number of never-before-published excerpts & stories from her archives. Starting his investigation in the 1920s John Curran examines the conventions of detective novels as they existed then & how Agatha Christies publisher talked her into changing the ending of her very first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles a move that almost certainly changed the fortunes of not only her career but the future of the whole crime writing genre. For the very first time this book prints Agathas original ending painstakingly transcribed from her notebooks. Every decade saw Agatha Christies success grow to new heights. The emergence of the world-famous Collins Crime Club in 1930 brought with it the very first Miss Marple mystery the austerity of the 1940s had Agatha Christie preparing to kill off Hercule Poirot & the 1950s saw her experiment increasingly with formats influenced by more modern thrillers. Focusing on the detail of more than 20 Christie novels to illustrate this John Curran shows the evolution of Agathas writing through the decades including the influence of the swinging sixties & seventies concluding the book with a look at Agathas last notebook using his Christie knowledge to speculate about what she had in mind based on her brief notes for an unwritten final book. Also

Includes:: a number of short stories from the archives reproduced in full including the unpublished The Man Who Knew How I Created Hercule Poirot & an early draft for a Miss Marple story The Case of the Caretakers Wife.


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With World War II at an end Charles Hayward is finally free to marry the woman he loves Sophia Leonides. However she refuses
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Hiya! What would you do if your smelly brother started getting emails from a mystery girl? Ha ha! OK I admit is was my fault. My friend Martha had got into trouble with her mum & I was helping out but things went a bit wrong especially when the mystery girl started sending James loads of LOVE & KISSES like this XXXXX. Woo-hoo! Agatha Parrot ...

Hiya! One night me & my friends had to look after some baby chickens but one of them disappeared. Eeek eeek panic panic
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We had a battle of magic at Odd Street School! A magician came to do a show & he tried to hatch a scary Zombie Bird out of a silver egg. Eeky-freak! But thanks to Biancas trombone a secret trapdoor & Martha being invisible...the Zombie Bird turned out to be the funniest thing ever ha ha! (If youre scared of magic like our friend Ellie dont worry. This book wont turn you into a frog. Or a rabbit)! Hope you like it & thanks for reading this Blurb. ...

Agatha Raisin's detective agency has become so successful that she decides to take time off for rest & relaxation. But as soon as she does she remembers that when she does have time on her hands she doesn't know what to do with it. So it doesn't take much for the vicar of a nearby village to persuade her to help publicize the church fete
- especially when the event organizer George Selby turns out to be a handsome widower. Agatha brings out the crowds for the fete all right but there's more going on than innocent village fun. Several of the offerings in the jam-tasting booth turn out to be poisoned & the festive entertainment becomes the scene of two murders. Along with her young assistant Toni Agatha must lift the lid on the jam tampering see to the safety of the church funds & root out the nasty secrets lurking in the village. Quite a tall order while she is attempting to flirt with gorgeous George who probably has a few secrets of his own! Praise for The Agatha Raisin Series": 'M.C. Beaton's imperfect heroine is an absolute gem'
- " Publishers Weekly". ' Clever red herrings & some wicked unfinished business guarantees that the listener will pant for a sequel'
- " The Times Audio Review"."


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