Re: Agatha Christie
Posted: 28 Mar 2017, 19:15
I concur.It's a fantastic book.Glad you like it Chrissie.
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Sixret, do you have it as well?sixret wrote:Well done, Chrissie! I agree. It's a lovely book that you can just dip into.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Greenway-Colle ... 0007364490" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;A special boxed set of the three Agatha Christie novels set in or around her home of Greenway House in Devon.
Regards'The Official Guide to Agatha Christie in Devon' by Creative Media Publishing Ltd, 2009
The bungalow opposite her former home, Ashfield on Barton Road in Torquay, was the inspiration for Crow’s Nest in Three Act Tragedy.
The Caves at Corbyn Head appear in Postern of Fate.
Ashfield was used as The Laurels in Postern of Fate.
A plateau on the cliff edge just below Torquay Golf Course is thought to be the crime scene in Why didn’t they ask Evans.
The fictional Cornish town of St Loo is obviously Torquay in Peril at End House.
The Imperial Hotel is The Majestic Hotel in Peril at End House.
End House is based on the house that stood at Rock End very close to the Imperial Hotel in Peril at End House .
The Imperial Hotel is itself in Sleeping Murder.
The Imperial Hotel (The Majestic) appears in The Body in the Library.
Kent’s Cavern as Hempsley Cavern in The Man in the Brown suit.
Maypool Youth Hostel at Galmpton was renamed Hoodown Youth Hostel in Dead Man’s Folly.
Galmpton becomes Nassecombe in Dead Man’s Folly.
Dittisham the village opposite Greenway Quay, became Gitcham in Dead Man’s Folly.
Poirot arrives at Churston station Galmpton from London Paddington in The ABC Murders.
Greenway House was used as a setting in several books, as Sunny Point House in Ordeal by Innocence.
The large wooden Baghdad chest in the hall at Greenway featured in The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest and The Mystery of the Spanish Chest.
Greenway is the setting for Five Little Pigs and Dead Man’s Folly.
Burgh Island is the setting for And Then There Were None and Evil Under the Sun.
The Royal George Hotel in Dartmouth is the setting for The Regatta Mystery.
Moorland Hotel on Dartmoor was believed to be where Christie wrote The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
http://www.poirot.us/acathome.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;The author takes us on a journey through Agatha's various residences and their influence on her. We visit twelve homes (before WWII, she owned eight of them!), plus a few more whilst she lived in the Middle East. With careful detail, we learn about her love of houses--from her doll houses of her childhood to her favorite--Greenway on the River Dart in Devon. Agatha had always loved houses we learn; says she: "I have gone over innumerable houses, furnished houses, decorated houses, made structural alterations to houses. Houses! God bless houses!"
That's incredible, Pete!pete9012S wrote:Interesting post Chrissie,thank you. You may already be aware of this set of books:
Also:HOW MANY CHRISTIE STORIES ARE SET AROUND DEVON?Regards Pete
BTW I'm waiting for years for a decent DVD release of "Ordeal By Innocence" with Donald Sutherland and Faye Dunaway. We have a bad DVD transfer from it which is rather dark.pete9012S wrote:PeteA special boxed set of the three Agatha Christie novels set in or around her home of Greenway House in Devon.
Julie, now I'm looking forward even more to read "Rook Rock Mystery"!Julie2owlsdene wrote:...I actually used Agatha's boathouse over at Greenway, in my continuation novel on this site - Rook's Rock Mystery.
Pete, I bought the Agatha Christie book by Macaskill via amazon.co.uk in February this year. It's wonderful!pete9012S wrote:This is a great book which I heartily recommend:
Agatha Christie at Home
Did Agatha herself come into it too, Julie? (I'd love to read your story too — I will once I've got around to reading all the original Barney mysteries first!)Julie2owlsdene wrote:...I actually used Agatha's boathouse over at Greenway, in my continuation novel on this site - Rook's Rock Mystery.
Julie, Nigel and Pete, which other books on Agatha Christie could you recommend when one would like to find out more about the AC crime novels and what inspired them?pete9012S wrote: Agatha Christie at Home
Sixret, are Sunningdale and Winterbrook open to the public as well?sixret wrote:Agatha Christie had three homes apart from her childhood's house in Torquay called Ashfield Villa.
1) Sunningdale in Surrey-resided with her first husband, Archie Christie.
2) Winterbrook, Wallingford- her house with her second husband, Max Mallowan.