Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie by Laura Thompson, published by Pegasus Books on March 6, 2018, is a comprehensive biography that delves into the life of one of the most renowned crime writers in history. This first edition spans 544 pages and is presented in English. Thompson employs her biographical expertise to explore Agatha Christie’s life, including her upbringing in the Edwardian era, her relationships with her family, and the enigmatic events surrounding her eleven-day disappearance in 1926.
Readers will find an in-depth examination of Christie’s personal and professional life, supported by unprecedented access to her letters, papers, and notebooks. The biography also features fresh interviews with Christie’s descendants, providing unique insights into her character and the influences that shaped her writing. By investigating the mysteries surrounding Christie, Thompson offers a detailed look at the woman behind the iconic detective stories, making this work a significant contribution to the fields of biography and literary studies.
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AN EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD FINALIST
The author of the New York Times bestselling The Six now turns her formidable biographical skills to the greatest crime writer in the world, Agatha Christie.
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.
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