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Christie was also a renowned playwright, with works such as «The Hollow» and Verdict Her play «The Mousetrap» premiered in at the Ambassador Theatre and, with more than 8, performances over 21 years, holds the record for the longest unbroken run in a London theater.

Christie became a dame in In , she made her last public appearance for the premiere of the play version of «Murder on the Orient Express». Christie died on January 12, Poirot, a Belgian refugee from the Great War, settles in England near the home of Emily Inglethorp, who helped him in his new life. His friend Hastings arrives as a guest at her house. When the woman is murdered, Poirot uses his detective skills to solve the mystery.

The search for secret documents, written during World War I, which were lost in the wreck of the Lusitania, triggers a struggle between the British secret services and an international gang that wants to use the documents as an instrument of Bolshevik propaganda.

In this complex novel full of surprises, one of the most recognized characters of the famous writer Agatha Christie, the detective Hercule Poirot, is present. In addition to him, there is also Hastings, his faithful friend, who is the narrator of the story.

The story unfolds when Poirot receives a letter in which Mr. Renauld, fearing that his life is in danger, asks the Belgian detective to visit him in France and thus lend him his help. What Poirot does not expect is that one night before his arrival Renauld is murdered. Thanks to its ingenious plot and numerous twists and turns, this work is ideal for fans of the detective and crime genre. In which the reader will have to be very astute to discover who the criminal is before the final part of the novel has been unraveled.

This novel set in South Africa narrates the adventures of Anne Beddingfeld, daughter of a famous archaeologist Professor Beddingfeld , who also witnesses the death of a man in a subway station. She also becomes embroiled in a plot involving criminals, assassins and political affairs.

Anna herself sets out to discover the identity of the head of a group of diamond thieves. In this novel makes his first appearance Colonel Race, who is a character that later appears in other works by the author, such as Death on the Nile and Cards on the Table.

Race is a wealthy man who works for the British government as a spy or detective. At the request of George Lomax, Lord Caterham reluctantly agrees to host a weekend party at his house, Chimneys. During the First World War, she worked at a hospital as a nurse; later working at a hospital pharmacy, a job that influenced her work, as many of the murders in her books are carried out with poison. During the Second World War, she worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital, London, acquiring a good knowledge of poisons which feature in many of her novels.

Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, came out in During her first marriage, Agatha published six novels, a collection of short stories, and a number of short stories in magazines.

In late , Agatha's husband, Archie, revealed that he was in love with another woman, Nancy Neele, and wanted a divorce. On 8 December the couple quarreled, and Archie Christie left their house, Styles, in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to spend the weekend with his mistress at Godalming, Surrey.

That same evening Agatha disappeared from her home, leaving behind a letter for her secretary saying that she was going to Yorkshire. Her disappearance caused an outcry from the public, many of whom were admirers of her novels.

Despite a massive manhunt, she was not found for eleven days. In , Christie married archaeologist Max Mallowan Sir Max from after joining him in an archaeological dig. Their marriage was especially happy in the early years and remained so until Christie's death in Christie frequently used familiar settings for her stories.

Christie's travels with Mallowan contributed background to several of her novels set in the Middle East. The hotel maintains Christie's room as a memorial to the author. The Greenway Estate in Devon, acquired by the couple as a summer residence in , is now in the care of the National Trust.

She based at least two of her stories on the hall: the short story The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, and the novel After the Funeral.

Abney Hall became Agatha's greatest inspiration for country-house life, with all the servants and grandeur which have been woven into her plots. The next year, she became the President of the Detection Club. Wikipedia entry for Agatha Christie. Intellectual property is reserved for the authors mentioned on the books and the library is not responsible for the ideas of the authors Old and forgotten books that have become past to preserve Arab and Islamic heritage are published, and books that their authors are accepted to published.