Cathy Cook’s “The Agatha Christie Miscellany” offers biographies of Christie, Poirot, Miss Marple and other characters, details of the author’s favourite foods, a comparison of the various theories surrounding her 1926 disappearance and more
Schlagwort-Archive: Agatha Christie
Artikel: Playing politics with Agatha Christie’s disappearance
David Suchet offers new observations about the Queen of Crime’s 11-day vanishing act in Perspectives: The Mystery of Agatha Christie, says Matthew Sweet.
Artikel: Agatha Christie was investigated by MI5 over Bletchley Park mystery
Did Agatha Christie have a spy in the government’s top-secret codebreaking centre at Bletchley Park? That was the fear of intelligence chiefs at MI5.
Artikel: MI5 fears and an Agatha Christie mystery over Enigma ‘leak’
Agatha Christie almost unwittingly gave away the fact that Britain’s Second World War codebreakers at Bletchley Park had cracked the German codes in a 1941 novel.
Rezension: Agatha Christie: “Die Mausefalle” (Hörbuch)
1952 hatte Agatha Christies “Mausefalle” am Londoner West End Premiere und wird bis heute durchgespielt. Oliver Kalkofe hat den Klassiker für ein Hörbuch neu eingesprochen.
Podcast: Crime fiction with Agatha Christie, Attica Locke, Tanya Byrne
Claire Armitstead investigates a waspish essay on crime writing from Agatha Christie, Attica Locke considers race and history in the American south and Tanya Byrne talks about young readers who are turning to crime.
Artikel: Agatha Christie essay published for the first time
A long-lost essay by Agatha Christie that was commissioned by the government in 1945 to sing the praises of British crime fiction has finally seen the light of day.
Rezension: Agatha Christie: “Mort sur le Nil”
L’intrigue de “Mort sur le Nil” est d’un clacissisme qui pourrait être éculé si l’auteur ne s’appelait pas Agatha Christie. Elle réunit à bord du S.S. Karnak autant de personnages qui sont autant d’archétypes de la bourgeoisie et de l’aristocratie anglo-saxonne.
Artikel: U.S. Company Gains Rights To Agatha Christie Estate
Acorn Media Group announced Wednesday that it had acquired majority ownership of Agatha Christie Limited. Agatha Christie characters are now under American ownership.
Artikel: Cops tap Holmes, Agatha Christie to learn case solving
Detective writings of famous authors like Arthur C. Doyle, Agatha Christie and Patricia Highsmith will soon be a part of the Chandigarh police’ curriculum. Considering Holmes appeal, there is every likelihood that cops will look towards the fictional hero.
Artikel: Agatha Christie cut down for language students
New versions of 20 detective novels produced for »upper intermediate« English language learners.
Artikel: How can Agatha Christie be used to teach foreigners English?
It’s a crime against our language to use the writer’s wooden characters and dialogue in the classroom.
Service: Unseen Miss Marple Story By Agatha Christie
Out this week, »Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making« is the second volume compiled from Agatha Christie’s notes and letters based on 73 unpublished notebooks. Below, we publish an exclusive excerpt from a previously unseen Miss Marple story.
Artikel: Frauenkrimis als Hörbücher
Es fing alles an mit Dorothy L. Sayers und einigen anderen engagierten Autorinnen, von denen heute einige wie Josephine Tey, Margery Allingham oder Patricia Wentworth zu Unrecht kaum mehr bekannt sind.