Agatha Christie

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pete9012S wrote:Chrissie one of my favourite biographies is 'Agatha Christie The Woman and her mysteries' by Gillian Gill.
Her own autobiography is one of my favourite books,I don't know if you have read that?
Pete, I just requested the biography by Gillian Gill from our local library.
I read both, Agatha Christie's autobiography and Janet Morgan's biography plus one book by Agatha Christie on her forays (do you use that term in this context?) with Sir Max Mallowan in Mesopotamia which was a really compelling read. I love archaeology.
To be honest I got more out of the Janet Morgan biography than from Christie's autobiography (but the same happened when I read biographies & autobiographies on Katharine Hepburn and Lauren Bacall, the biographies disclosed a lot more).
That's why I was hoping to find another newer biography (Janet Morgan's book was written in 1984, so a new biography might offer new insights).
Usually different autobiographers have different angles which makes it more interesting to read not just one biography about the same person.

I also requested this coffee table book from our library:

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I haven't read any of the biographies, but I did watch a documentary a little while back. I was amazed at just how big a search was made for her when she went missing.
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You would enjoy the autobiographical movie with Vanessa Redgrave playing Agatha Christie.
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I wasn't feeling too good today, so I snuggled up with a pile of books and debated on which to sink my teeth into. After rediscovering Holiday House by Enid Blyton - (excellent!), I then picked up The Body In the Library and I am hooked! I just love the sinister, unknown explanations - the multi-dimensional characters, and the fast-paced, interesting text.

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You will become a fan. She was a storyteller just like Enid Blyton but in a different genre. That's the reason why they have been popular all these years while their contemporaries were gone to oblivion long ago.

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Poppy wrote:I wasn't feeling too good today, so I snuggled up with a pile of books and debated on which to sink my teeth into. After rediscovering Holiday House by Enid Blyton - (excellent!), I then picked up The Body In the Library and I am hooked! I just love the sinister, unknown explanations - the multi-dimensional characters, and the fast-paced, interesting text.

I read "Body in the Library" and "Murder at the Vicarage" back to back and they almost seemed like sequels to me. "The Hollow" was also very good and then there was another Agatha Christie novel about passengers on a train which was either in an avalanche or snowed in, but I forgot the title. Too long ago. :cry:
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there was another Agatha Christie novel about passengers on a train which was either in an avalanche or snowed in, but I forgot the title.
The Murder on the Orient Express?
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I wanted to suggest that, but I thought it was perhaps too obvious!! :lol:
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Why was the book called Murder in the Calais Coach in the USA?

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As an aside - Pete, your quotation from Missing Necklace does not match what is printed in my hardback copy - Pip and Bets had SUN -SUITS on, hats aren't mentioned at that point.
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Oh, I'm so glad to hear that - I'd been wondering what on earth Enid was thinking!!! :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol:
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Moonraker wrote:
there was another Agatha Christie novel about passengers on a train which was either in an avalanche or snowed in, but I forgot the title.
The Murder on the Orient Express?
In Germany the book was originally published by the name "Der rote Kimono" = (The red kimono). According to Wikipedia the name was changed to "Mord im Orient-Express" after the film was produced.
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Getting harder to collect BCA facsimile edition. Some titles have gone up to £60! Miss Marple titles are easier and cheaper to find than Poirot and stand alone titles.

I have to make do with Hachette facsimile edition for certain titles. :(
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I do like the 'Miss Marple' books the best although some of the Poirot's are very good as well.
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Moonraker wrote:
there was another Agatha Christie novel about passengers on a train which was either in an avalanche or snowed in, but I forgot the title.
The Murder on the Orient Express?
Thanks, Nigel, however, it was a different novel. It actually took place in the UK. I think "Orient Express" takes place somewhere outside of England. When I'll have more time next week, I'll check Janet Morgan's biography. From what I remember she had a bibliography of Christie included. The German title refers to the train, but I don't remember if the original title does.
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