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The 8.55 To Baghdad [Kindle Edition]

Andrew Eames (Author)

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"If there was ever a lesson in how to construct a travel book, this is it. Eames has the acute eye and polished pen of an outstanding observer."
-"Daily Telegraph
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"Two terrific subjects . . . the surprisingly adventurous life of Agatha Christie and the major hotspots of current world politics."
-"Daily Mail"

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

The Independent, 9 July 2004

Eames' journey becomes absorbing in its own right... He gives vivid and atmospheric accounts.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 934 KB
Print Length: 426 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0552150770
Publisher: Transworld Digital (31 Jan 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B004I8WLDY
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #130,669 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

A fantastic journey 5 July 2004

By A.lan Stevens

Format:Hardcover

This book is really two stories; Agatha Christie's life-changing journery to Iraq, and a modern-day odyssey through some of the world's most talked-about troublespots. Andrew Eames writes with great style and compassion about the many characters that he meets en route, as he traces Agatha Christie's footsteps (or rather railway lines) across Europe to the Middle East. It certainly brings into perspective the news that we hear everyday about the Balkans or Iraq, and shows that people are just people, wherever they are. Every politician should be required to read this.

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Christie and the Orient Express 12 Nov 2006

By Suroor Alikhan

Format:Paperback

After her marriage broke up, Agatha Christie made a trip to Iraq to see some archeologist friends, taking the Orient Express most of the way. For a single woman to make that trip on her own in the 1920s was adventurous and fairly unusual. At the end of her journey she met her second husband, Max Mallowan, an archeologist. Almost 80 years later, Eames retraces her journey from England through Western Europe, the Balkans, Turkey and the Middle East, staying--whenever he could--in the hotels she stayed in. When Christie travelled to Iraq, it was still a protectorate of the English. When Eames made his journey, the US was threatening to bomb Iraq and the Balkans had been through a vicious war. It's a fascinating travelogue, full of contrasts and links between the past and the present, which Eames weaves seamlessly together.

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

Not just about Agatha 2 Dec 2004

By A Customer

Format:Hardcover

Someone gave me this book, and I didnt expect to like it because i'm not a fan of Agatha christie. But actually there's a lot of great stuff in here and all the Christie bits are a bit of an excuse, really. I now understand the whole Yugoslavia disintegration - well I think I do. And Iraq in the last months before war sounds so different to what we hear about at the moment.

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