Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

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Morgan, Janet P. (1984). Agatha Christie: A Biography. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-00-216330-9. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

a b "Edgars Database – Search the Edgars Database". The Edgars. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019 . Retrieved 29 April 2020. Trains are wonderful; I still adore them. To travel by train is to see nature and human beings, towns and churches and rivers – in fact, to see life." Partvonal (Hungary) named "Életem" (My Life) and translated to Hungarian by Tibor Kállai. 652 pp. ISBN 9789639644953 and the 2nd ed. Helikon (Hungary) 2021, 692 pp. ISBN 9789634796091 Christie's first published book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was released in 1920 and introduced the detective Hercule Poirot, who appeared in 33 of her novels and more than 50 short stories.Gerald, Michael C. (1993). The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0292728646.

Gross, John (2006). The New Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes. Oxford University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0199543410.The couple acquired the Greenway Estate in Devon as a summer residence in 1938; [14] :310 it was given to the National Trust in 2000. [63] Christie frequently stayed at Abney Hall, Cheshire, which was owned by her brother-in-law, James Watts, and based at least two stories there: a short story, " The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding", in the story collection of the same name and the novel After the Funeral. [12] :126 [14] :43 One Christie compendium notes that "Abney became Agatha's greatest inspiration for country-house life, with all its servants and grandeur being woven into her plots. The descriptions of the fictional Chimneys, Stonygates, and other houses in her stories are mostly Abney Hall in various forms." [64] Blue plaque at 58 Sheffield Terrace, Holland Park, London Winterbrook House, Winterbrook, Oxfordshire. Her final home, Christie lived here with her husband from 1934 until her death in 1976. Where Are They Now?". Penguin. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020 . Retrieved 1 October 2020. New coins 2020 celebrate Agatha Christie Tokyo Olympians George III VE day". thegurdian. January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020 . Retrieved 5 September 2020. Christie's mother, Clarissa Miller, died in April 1926. They had been exceptionally close, and the loss sent Christie into a deep depression. [14] :168–72 In August 1926, reports appeared in the press that Christie had gone to a village near Biarritz to recuperate from a "breakdown" caused by "overwork". [36] Disappearance: 1926 [ edit ] Daily Herald, 15 December 1926, announcing that Christie had been found. Missing for 11 days, she was found at the Swan Hydropathic Hotel in Harrogate, Yorkshire