The World of Agatha Christie: The Facts and Fiction of the World's Greatest Crime Writer (Y) - Hardcover

Fido, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780971818 ISBN 13: 9781780971810

Publisher: Carlton Books, 2012

Synopsis

The year 1921 saw the publication of The Mysterious Affair at Styles, a murder mystery with a protagonist by the name of Hercule Poirot. It was the first of more than 60 crime novels by Agatha Christie. Christie was a private person, yet her life had its share of mysteries--including a 1926 disappearance that made headlines around the world. Highly illustrated, The World of Agatha Christie is the perfect companion to the work of the most popular mystery writer who ever lived.

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About the Author:

MARTIN FIDO was Andrew Bradley Junior Research Fellow in English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford in the 1960s, and thereafter taught English at the Universities of Leeds and the West Indies. He was also a visiting professor at Michigan State University. He now lives in Massachusetts and teaches at Boston University. His Short Illustrated Life of Dickens was hailed by The Dickensian as one of the two best books marking the centenary of Dickens' death. Besides his books on literature, he has published many articles dealing with nineteenth century novelists such as Dickens, Thackeray, Disraeli and Jane Austen, but is probably best known for his work on Jack the Ripper and his LBC Radio series "Murder After Midnight" which ran from 1987 to 2001.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carlton Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1780971818
• ISBN 13: 9781780971810
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128