Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

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Christie's works have been adapted for cinema and television. The first was the 1928 British film The Passing of Mr. Quin. Poirot's first film appearance was in 1931 in Alibi, which starred Austin Trevor as Christie's sleuth. [186] :14–18 Margaret Rutherford played Marple in a series of films released in the 1960s. Christie liked her acting, but considered the first film "pretty poor" and thought no better of the rest. [14] :430–31 Partners in Crime – Episode Guide". BBC One. Archived from the original on 29 July 2015 . Retrieved 16 April 2016.

Chandler, Raymond (1950). "The Simple Art of Murder: An Essay". The Simple Art of Murder. Houghton Mifflin Company. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020 . Retrieved 4 May 2020. Agatha Christie Inspires Video Game". writerswrite. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020 . Retrieved 1 October 2020. Dame Agatha's private pleasures were gardening–she won local prizes for horticulture–and buying furniture for her various houses. She was a shy person: she disliked public appearances, but she was friendly and sharp-witted to meet. By inclination as well as breeding, she belonged to the English upper middle class. She wrote about, and for, people like herself. That was an essential part of her charm. [3] Death and estate [ edit ] Death and burial [ edit ] Christie's gravestone at St Mary's Church, Cholsey, Oxfordshire The ABC Murders Begins on BBC One on Boxing Day at 9pm". BBC Media Centre. 15 December 2018. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018 . Retrieved 20 December 2018.Lask, Thomas (6 August 1975). "Hercule Poirot Is Dead; Famed Belgian Detective". The New York Times. US. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017 . Retrieved 16 October 2020. a b c d e f g h Fitzgibbon, Russell H. (1980). The Agatha Christie Companion. Bowling Green, Ohio: The Bowling Green State University Popular Press. Jordan, Tina (11 June 2019). "When the World's Most Famous Mystery Writer Vanished". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020 . Retrieved 12 November 2020. Curran, John (2009). Agatha Christie's Secret Notebook

Thompson, Laura (2008), Agatha Christie: An English Mystery, London: Headline Review, p. 277, 301. ISBN 978-0-7553-1488-1 Acocella, Joan. "Queen of Crime". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020 . Retrieved 29 April 2020. Musical Agatha". Visit Seoul. Seoul Metropolitan Government. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015 . Retrieved 10 April 2015.a b c d Moss, Stephen (21 November 2012). "The Mousetrap at 60: Why is this the world's longest-running play?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020 . Retrieved 8 April 2020. At 18, Christie wrote her first short story, "The House of Beauty", while recovering in bed from an illness. It consisted of about 6,000 words about "madness and dreams", subjects of fascination for her. Her biographer Janet Morgan has commented that, despite "infelicities of style", the story was "compelling". [4] :48–49 (The story became an early version of her story "The House of Dreams".) [24] Other stories followed, most of them illustrating her interest in spiritualism and the paranormal. These included " The Call of Wings" and "The Little Lonely God". Magazines rejected all her early submissions, made under pseudonyms (including Mac Miller, Nathaniel Miller, and Sydney West); some submissions were later revised and published under her real name, often with new titles. [4] :49–50 Christie as a young woman, 1910s Mallowan, who remarried in 1977, died in 1978 and was buried next to Christie. [82] Estate and subsequent ownership of works [ edit ] In late February 2014, media reports stated that the BBC had acquired exclusive TV rights to Christie's works in the UK (previously associated with ITV) and made plans with Acorn's co-operation to air new productions for the 125th anniversary of Christie's birth in 2015. [99] As part of that deal, the BBC broadcast Partners in Crime [100] and And Then There Were None, [101] both in 2015. [102] Subsequent productions have included The Witness for the Prosecution [103] but plans to televise Ordeal by Innocence at Christmas 2017 were delayed because of controversy surrounding one of the cast members. [104] The three-part adaptation aired in April 2018. [105] A three-part adaptation of The A.B.C. Murders starring John Malkovich and Rupert Grint began filming in June 2018 and was first broadcast in December 2018. [106] [107] A two-part adaptation of The Pale Horse was broadcast on BBC1 in February 2020. [108] Death Comes as the End will be the next BBC adaptation. [109] All-star cast announced for new BBC One Agatha Christie thriller The ABC Murders". BBC. 24 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 November 2018 . Retrieved 11 January 2019.

Agatha Christie's real-life mystery at the Silent Pool". BBC News. 17 September 2010 . Retrieved 10 November 2022. Prichard, Matthew & Agatha Christie (17 January 2013). "The Grand Tour: Letters and photographs from the British Empire Expedition 1922" (Kindle Locations 257–258). HarperCollins Publishers. Kindle Edition. In addition to Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Christie also created amateur detectives Thomas (Tommy) Beresford and his wife, Prudence "Tuppence" née Cowley, who appear in four novels and one collection of short stories published between 1922 and 1974. Unlike her other sleuths, the Beresfords were only in their early twenties when introduced in The Secret Adversary, and were allowed to age alongside their creator. [30] :19–20 She treated their stories with a lighter touch, giving them a "dash and verve" which was not universally admired by critics. [31] :63 Their last adventure, Postern of Fate, was Christie's last novel. [14] :477 Yurdan, Marilyn (2010). Oxfordshire Graves and Gravestones. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-0752452579.The House of Dreams". agathachristie.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014 . Retrieved 27 June 2020. a b c Thorpe, Vanessa (15 October 2006). "Christie's most famous mystery solved at last". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013 . Retrieved 21 May 2013. The West End and UK Theatre venues shut down until further notice due to coronavirus". London Theatre Direct. 17 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020 . Retrieved 5 May 2020.

Colonel Archibald Christie CMG DSO (30 September 1889– 20 December 1962) was a British businessman and military officer. He was the first husband of mystery writer Dame Agatha Christie; they married in 1914 and divorced in 1928. They separated in 1927 after a major rift due to his infidelity and obtained a divorce the following year. During that period Agatha wrote some of her most renowned detective novels. Shortly after the divorce, Christie married Nancy Neele, and the couple lived quietly for the rest of their lives. Christie became a successful businessman and was invited to be on the board of directors of several major companies. Devlin, Kate (4 April 2009). "Agatha Christie 'had Alzheimer's disease when she wrote final novels' ". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009 . Retrieved 28 August 2009.

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