Authors: Agatha Christie

Clues to Christie (11 page)

A
is for Ashfield, the house Agatha Christie was born in

B
is for Bingo, Agatha’s Manchester Terrier

C
is for Churston Church, for which Agatha designed and paid for a stained-glass window

D
is for Dickens, the author of
Bleak House
which Agatha wrote a screenplay for but was never filmed

E
is for Egypt, where Agatha’s mother took her for her debutante season

F
is for
[The] Floating Admiral
, a book jointly written by over a dozen members of the Detection Club, including Agatha Christie

G
is for Greenway House, the house in Devon Agatha bought in 1938

H
is for Harrogate, the town where Agatha was found after she disappeared in 1926

I
is for Iraq, where Agatha spent many happy months out of the year helping her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan on his digs

J
is for Jack Watts, Agatha’s nephew who was born when she was 13, and whom she adored

K
is for Kokoschka, the artist whom Agatha sat for when she was almost 80

L
is for Lockwood, Margaret, the comedic actress whom Agatha wrote the play
Spider’s Web
for; she also included a part for Lockwood’s 14-year-old daughter Julia

M
is for Mountbatten, Lord Louis, who wrote to Agatha suggesting the plot for one of her most successful novels,
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

N
is for Nimrud, Iraq, the location of a dig where Agatha would clean and photograph Max Mallowan’s discoveries

O
is for the Orient Express, a favorite mode of transportation for Agatha and the setting for one of her most famous books

P
is for Prichard, Mathew, Agatha’s only grandchild, whom she was very close to

Q
is for Quin, one of Agatha’s favorite characters, Mr. Harley Quin (Harlequin), who pays special attention to the difficulties of lovers

R
is for Rosalind, Agatha’s only daughter with her first husband Archie Christie

S
is for Skye, the island where Agatha, Rosalind, and two friends went to call the banns for Agatha’s wedding to Max Mallowan

T
is for Torquay, the town where Agatha was born and brought up

U
is for Ur, a hugely important archaeological site near Baghdad where Agatha met her second husband Max Mallowan

V
is for
Verdict
, probably Agatha’s most unusual play, which closed after a month

W
is for Wallingford, the village in Oxfordshire where Agatha and Max Mallowan lived in Winterbrook House

X
is for Xmas, which Agatha loved spending in Cheshire with her sister Madge’s family

Y
is for
Yeoman of the Guard
, a Gilbert and Sullivan play that Agatha acted in as a teenager (she played Colonel Fairfax)

Z
is for Ziggurat, the striking, three-stage, red-brick temple at Ur which hugely impressed Agatha

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CLUES TO CHRISTIE
. Copyright © 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers.

“The Affair at the Victory Ball” from
The Under Dog and Other Stories
. Copyright © 1951 by Agatha Christie Limited (a Chorion company). Published by permission of G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

“Greenshaw’s Folly” from
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
. Copyright © 1985 by Agatha Christie Limited (a Chorion company). Published by permission of G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

“A Fairy in the Flat” from
Partners in Crime
. Copyright © 1929 by Agatha Christie Limited (a Chorion company). Published by permission of G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

“The Queen of Mystery’s Personal Favorites,” “Ten Other Ways to Read Agatha Christie,” “On Agatha Christie and Poisons,” and “The A to Z of Agatha Christie.” Copyright © 2011 by Agatha Christie Limited ( Chorion company).

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