An Autobiography
Agatha Christie's 'most absorbing mystery' -- her own autobiography. Her candid Autobiography, written mainly in the 1960s, modestly ignores the fact that Agatha had become the best-selling novelist in history and concentrates on her fascinating private life. From early childhood at the end of...
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Agatha Christie's 'most absorbing mystery' -- her own autobiography. Her candid Autobiography, written mainly in the 1960s, modestly ignores the fact that Agatha had become the best-selling novelist in history and concentrates on her fascinating private life. From early childhood at the end of the 19th century, through two marriages and two World Wars, and her experiences both as a writer and on archaeological expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan, Agatha shares the details of her varied and sometimes complex life with real passion and openness.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780002160124 (0002160129)
Publish date: 1977
Publisher: Collins Publishers
Pages no: 542
Edition language: English
Towards the beginning of the war, Graham Greene had written to me and asked if I would like to do propaganda work. I did not think I was the kind of writer who would be any good at propaganda, because I lacked the single-mindedness to see only one side of the case. Nothing could be more ineffectual ...
Chcąc się dowiedzieć co nie co o "królowej kryminału" postanowiłam sięgnąć po jej autobiografię. Książka, a właściwie jej treść okazały się niezwykle interesujące, tudzież coś sprawiło, że czytało ją się dosyć ciężko. Być może to nietypowy format książki i duże strony do, których nie przywykłam. Z "...
Este é daqueles livros apropriados para os fãs de Agatha Christie, como eu. Para quem quiser saber mais sobre a autora, não existe livro melhor do que a sua auto-biografia. Adorei.
A lovely look at an interesting life. Please read my complete review here:http://cineastesbookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-and-giveaway-agatha-christie.html
A simply delightful and wonderful peek into late Victorian / early Edwardian life, not to mention one of the world's most popular authors. Read my entire review here: http://cineastesbookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-and-giveaway-agatha-christie.html