Title:
Agatha Christie : murder in the making : more stories and secrets from her notebooks
Author:
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Harper/HarperCollins, c2011.
Physical Description:
430 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780062065421
Abstract:
Expert archivist John Curran examines the unpublished notebooks of the worlds best selling author, to explore the techniques she used to surprise and entertain generations of readers.
General Note:
Published in Great Britain as Agatha Christie's murder in the making by HarperCollins, 2011.
"Includes an unseen Miss Marple story"--Cover.
Contents:
Rule of three -- The first decade 1920-1929 : unused ideas - one -- Favourite stories and 'the man who knew' -- The second decade 1930-1939 : unused ideas - two -- 'How I created Hercule Poirot' -- The third decade 1940-1949 - unused ideas - three -- Miss Marple and 'The case of the caretaker's wife' -- The fourth decade 1950-1959 - unused ideas - four -- Agatha Christie and poison -- The fifth decade 1960-1969 : unused ideas - five -- The dark lady ... -- The sixth decade 1970-1976 : unused ideas - six -- Agatha Christie's booklists.
Personal Subject:
Language:
English
