Agatha Christie An English Mystery

Ex library with minimal markings, 534 pp. Minor edge wear, one page repaired with tape. Jacket in protective wrap, taped to boards. A nice copy. ;
534 pp with Agatha Christie bibliography, end notes, index. Sixteen pages of b/w photos, tipped in in two groups of eight. ; 7 " - 9 " Tall; 534 pages; " Agatha Christie is unarguably the world's best-known and best-selling crime writer. But the greatest mystery remains the one surrounding her life. For behind the public persona of 'cosy comfortable Queen of Crime' lies a remarkable and complex woman.
" With the blessing of Christie's family, full access to unpublished letters, papers and notebooks, and a genuine passion for and appreciation of the craftsmanship of her subject's work, award-winnning biographer Laura Thompson has embarked on the first full-scale investigation into the author since 1984. Turning detective, she explores Christie's Edwardian upbringing, her relationships with her two husbands and daughter and perhaps most intriguing of all, the motive behind her eleven-day disappearance in 1926.
" Combined with a study of the highly revelatory novels that Christie wrote under the name Mary Westmacott, Thompson is able to unravel both the detailed workings of Christie's fiction and the truth behind her private life. But this is not just a case of presenting the facts. This is a perceptive and stylish biography of Agatha Christie as a phenomenon, as a writer and as a woman. "

Product Info

ISBN: 0755314875

ISBN-13: 9780755314874

Publisher: Headline Review

Year: 2007

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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