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    An Autobiography

    An Autobiography

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    by Agatha Christie


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      ISBN-13: 9780062006592
    • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    • Publication date: 06/08/2010
    • Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 576
    • Sales rank: 72,806
    • File size: 958 KB

    Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976. Sophie Hannah is the internationally bestselling author of nine psychological thrillers, which have been published in more than 20 countries and adapted for television. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, and as a poet has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize.

    Brief Biography

    Date of Birth:
    September 15, 1890
    Date of Death:
    January 12, 1976
    Place of Birth:
    Torquay, Devon, England
    Education:
    Home schooling
    Website:
    http://www.agathachristie.com

    Table of Contents

    DAME AGATHA CHRISTIE opens the door to her fascinating and colorful life...

    Her mysteries made her the world's bestselling author, but her private life has remained hidden for decades.Now, in her own words, Dame Agatha sheds light on her secretive life and tells of her early years in Victorian England; her marriages and world travels; her rise to success; the creative process behind her acclaimed novels and plays; and the events, places, and people that shaped her work.

    Every fan of Agatha Christie will delight in the engaging chronicle of this remarkable woman of mystery.

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    The autobiography of the queen of mystery, Agatha Christie.

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    Publishers Weekly
    Originally published in 1977 and out-of-print, this new edition of Christie’s autobiography includes a CD of the grand dame of mystery authors expounding on her life as a writer—making it especially welcome as a holiday treat for all Christie fans. Although Christie’s tales reportedly still sell in numbers only exceeded by the Bible and Shakespeare, and are almost as timeless, her life (1890–1976) and work go back a long way. If the descriptions of the happy (despite the death of her feckless father), comfortable Victorian-era childhood of a genius of genre strikes as a bit ingenuous, things become more delectable with maturity: the travels, the coming-out parties, the nursing career, first marriage, and first publication (The Mysterious Affair at Styles). Christie’s decision to utter not a word about her celebrated disappearance is as revealing as it is secretive. Her second marriage, to a younger Catholic archeologist, marks the beginning of the “satisfying” years (known to most people as the Great Depression). In all, after a somewhat tiresome first third in muted colors, this memoir fulfills the intention to extend by one year the 120th anniversary celebration of Christie’s birth. 8 pages of color, 16 pages of b&w photos. (Nov. 22)
    Boston Globe
    This book proves as inspiring as it is charming and absorbing.
    Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Contains some wonderful treats....Christie writes with such wit and insight that all 542 pages fly.
    Charlotte News & Observer
    A fun read, full of detail about upper-crust life in the Victorian era and about Christie’s own surprise at finding herself a mystery novelist.
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    The history of a unique upbringing in a time long gone. It’s a portrait of a childhood and young womanhood that vanished with World War I.
    Daily American
    Christie writes with a wonderful dry wit. It is fascinating to see how people she met became characters in her novels.
    The Times (London)
    Wonderfully easy to read and engrossing.
    New York Times Book Review
    Joyful adventure….She brings the sense of wonder…to her extraordinary career.
    Daily Mail (London)
    Agatha Christie’s most absorbing mystery – the story of her own unusual life. She has put it all on record: her early romances; a broken (and a happy) marriage; strange events on the path to roaring success.
    Chicago Tribune
    Agatha Christie is no longer merely one of my favorite writers. She is now one of my favorite people.
    Los Angeles Times
    A delightful autobiography….Warm, witty and discerning.
    Financial Times (London)
    A wonderful book—written with a delight in the gradual unfolding of 75 years through the eyes of an exceptional old lady and writer.

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