Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making
Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making (Paperback)
Description
When Agatha Christie died in 1976, at age eighty-five, she had become the world's most popular author. At the end of 2004, following the death of Christie's daughter, Rosalind, a remarkable legacy was revealed: seventy-three handwritten volumes of notes, lists, and drafts outlining all her plans for her many books, plays, and stories. Buried in this treasure trove, all in the beloved author's unmistakable handwriting, are revelations about her famous books that will fascinate anyone who has ever read or watched an Agatha Christie story.
Full of details she was too modest to reveal in her own autobiography, this remarkable book includes a wealth of excerpts and pages reproduced directly from the notebooks and her letters—plus, two complete, recently discovered Hercule Poirot short stories never before published.
About the Author
John Curran is the author of Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks. The longtime literary advisor to Agatha Christie's estate and a recognized expert on her novels, often giving talks and appearing in documentaries about her life, he lives in Ireland.
Praise for Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making…
“The most fascinating aspect of the notebooks is the rare glimpse they allow into the mind of a writer, especially one as imaginative as Christie....An appealing read for Christie-philes.”
-Publishers Weekly
“A must-have for any ardent fan of Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot.”
-Washington Post
“A must for all Christie fans.”
-Newark Star-Ledger
“Provides a unique look into the mind and working habits of one of the world’s most successful authors.”
-Tulsa World
“Meticulously detailed and scrupulous in its judgments.”
-Strand magazine on Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks
“A meticulously detailed study that is packed with shrewd perceptions about Christie’s fiction....Curran has produced an enthralling miscellany of a book, in which her fans will rummage to their heart’s content.”
-Sunday Times (London)
“Many of Curran’s discoveries will shape how Christie is read in future....This book is fascinating.”
-The Independent on Sunday
“[Curran] has organized his material as efficiently as an Agatha Christie mystery….[His] enthusiasm for his subject carries us along.”
-Irish Times
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