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Agatha Christie: A Reader's Companion (Hardcover)

by Vanessa Wagstaff (Author), Stephen Poole (Author) "Agatha Christie died in 1976 ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd (18 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1845130154
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845130152
  • Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 19.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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"This book is a joy to hold, to browse, and to read. Anyone who picks it up will get lost in it for hours." "--Choice"


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Other crime writers may come and go, but Agatha Christie maintains her enduring appeal, and for her millions of fans this book is the next best thing to a new Christie novel. The authors have assembled a mouth-watering feast of period memorabilia - the jackets of first editions, stills from films and television series, photographs of the places and buildings that Christie used as settings for her stories, contemporary reviews and magazine features - which effortlessly transports the reader back into the world of Christie and her characters. Each of the novels is discussed in order of publication, with a summary of the plot, information on Christie's own life at the time the book was written, an account of its reception, and details of subsequent films and TV series. The result is a unique companion to her novels that will have enormous appeal to everyone who loves her work.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for all Christie fans, 20 Jan 2006
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If you are an Agatha Chritie fan, your collection will not be complete without this book.

This beautiful hard back is a summary of all the books ever written by Agatha Christie, in chronological order. Each summary includes the book background: any relevant facts from Agatha Christie's life and how she was inspired to write the story; the storyline (but the plot and who dunnit is *never* revealed!), and, for the collectors, pictures and descriptions of the original first edition book and jacket. There are also reviews from the time of first publishing and a mine of interesting period photos.

I already know quite a lot about Agatha Christie's life and her writings, but I learnt even more thanks to this wonderful book. The delightful pictures in particular are very good to help one visualise the era for each story and to put everything in context.
This is definitely recommended to any Christie fan or to anyone who wants to know more about the first lady of crime but who doesn't want to read her (sometimes dreary) autobiography.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Agatha Christie, A Reader's Companion, 20 Feb 2006
A visually sumptuous coffee table book that will delight Agatha Christie's many fans. It reproduces many of the beautiful first edition jackets that so many afficionados dream of owning, in addition to many others photographs, including those taken by Agatha Christie and her husband Max on location in the Middle East.
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent aid, 4 April 2006
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As a fan of Agatha Christie and a voracious reader of her books, I was glad to see this book come on the market.

Christie has written quite a few books (78) and keeping them all in order and apart is not always easy. Having this book in my library enables me to follow the story of the books and the time period in which they were written, in addition to making it possible for me to read the books in the order in which they were intended. For any fan of Agatha Christie, I would highly recommend this book.

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