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Film and TV adaptations
14/04/2013 19:33
Most of his novels and stories have been made into a film, some on more than one occasion, as Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile One exception was a 1979 film entitled the British Agatha Michael Apted, in figure was taken directly from the writer and...
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14/04/2013 19:22
[edit]Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple
Agatha Christie's first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles was published in 1920 and introduced the long-running character detective Hercule Poirot, who appeared in 33 of Christie's novels and 54 short stories.
Well-known Miss...
Inspired by travel
14/04/2013 18:45
IAnybody who feels they are taking for granted the ease, speed and comfort of modern travel should read my grandmother’s letter concerning her return on the Orient Express to England in 1931, which can be found in Janet Morgan’s excellent biography: “The journey began in a thunderstorm,...
Inspired by archaeology
14/04/2013 18:45
Appointment with Death andMurder in Mesopotamia were created from the surroundings of the archaeological digs themselves. The first one is based in Petra and was nicknamed Rose Red Murder and the second revolves around Chagar Bazar and Ur. Both books contain many characters loosely...
IMPORTANT ASPECT
14/04/2013 18:01
Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
Born15 September 1890 Torquay, Devon, England
Died12 January 1976 (aged 85) Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England
Pen name: Mary Westmacott
OccupationNovelist/Short story writer/Playwright/Poet
NationalityBritish
GenresMurder mystery,...
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11/04/2013 21:49
Her real name was
Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie