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N or G? is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in 1941.
After the outbreak of the Second Globe War and many years after they worked for British intelligence, middle aged Tommy and Tuppence Beresford feel useless and sidelined.
So Tommy is approached past a hugger-mugger agent named Grant to go undercover once more. Grant tries to find German spies and fifth columnists simply is hampered by traitors within British intelligence who fol
Northward or K? (Tommy & Tuppence #3), Agatha ChristieN or M? is a work of detective fiction past Agatha Christie first published in 1941.
After the outbreak of the 2d World War and many years after they worked for British intelligence, middle aged Tommy and Tuppence Beresford feel useless and sidelined.
Then Tommy is approached by a hush-hush agent named Grant to go hush-hush once again. Grant tries to discover German spies and fifth columnists simply is hampered past traitors inside British intelligence who follow and sabotage his work. Since Tommy has not been in the field for many years, nobody knows him and he tin can investigate unofficially. ...
عنوانها: ان یا ام؛ جاسوس یا جاسوسه؛ قتل یک جاسوس؛ ام یا ان؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1969 میلادی
عنوان: ان یا ام؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: منوچهر قزوینی؛ تهران، سازمان کتابهای جیبی؛ 1345؛ در 228ص؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسندگان انگلیسی - سده 20م
عنوان: جاسوس یا جاسوسه؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: بهزاد رحمتی؛ تهران، نشر اروند؛ 1373، در 250ص، عنوان روی جلد: جاسوس یا جاسوسه، چاپ دیگر: با عنوان: قتل یک جاسوس؛ تهران، سما، چاپ چهارم 1375، در 250ص؛
عنوان: ان یا ام؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: محمدطاهر ریاضی؛ تهران، کتابهای هرمس، کتابهای کارآگاه؛ 1389، در 276ص؛ شابک 9789643637064؛ چاپ دوم 1393؛
عنوان: ام یا ان؛ نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی؛ مترجم: بهرام افراسیابی؛ تهران، مهرفام، نگاه، 1389، در 366ص؛ شابک: 9789649915265؛
ام یا ان، داستانی جنایی دربارهٔ ستون پنجم به قلم آگاتا کریستی ست که شخصیت‌های دنبال کننده ماجرا، زوج میانسال، «تامی» و «تاپنس» هستند؛ شخصی با نفوذ در دولت انگلستان، که از دوستان «تامی» و «تاپنس» است، با واسطه ی یکی از سرگردهای اسکاتلندیارد، ایشان را دعوت به همکاری، برای یافتن عاملان ستون پنجم، در انگلستان می‌کنند؛ تنها اطلاعات موجود پرونده که از افسری مرحوم (دنباله گیر ماجرا) بر جای مانده، عبارت: (ام یا ان، سانگ سوزی) می‌باشد؛ «تامی»، و «تاپنس»، در مهمان‌خانه ای به نام «سان سوسی»، مستقر می‌شوند، و در همان منطقه، «ام و ان»، و عاملان قتلی را که رخ داده و دلیلش را می‌یابند؛
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 18/03/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
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BOOK 24 :- SEPT 2021
3 STARS
The action of Due north or M takes identify during World War II. Tommy and Tuppence are now a eye aged couple and notice themselves sidelined.
Simply despite their advancing years,when Tommy is offered an opportunity to go undercover to trace High german spies,he doesn't hesitate.Non to be left behind,Tuppence follows him anyway.
They'd cease up
Agatha Christie created the characters Tommy and Tuppence,in an early book she wrote,The Surreptitious Adversary.That was during Globe War I and her sleuths were then a young couple.The action of N or M takes place during World State of war II. Tommy and Tuppence are now a middle aged couple and find themselves sidelined.
But despite their advancing years,when Tommy is offered an opportunity to go secret to trace German language spies,he doesn't hesitate.Not to be left backside,Tuppence follows him anyway.
They'd terminate upward uncovering the mystery of a dying British agent'southward last bulletin,"N or M"
Tommy and Tuppence aren't every bit interesting as Poirot or Miss Marple. They didn't get regulars for her futurity novels,though they appeared in ii more than books, Postern of Fate and By the Pricking of My Thumbs.
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Unremarkably I try to exist disquisitional most mystery novels, but I have absolutely no complain about this one. And so, a full ra
To be honest, this book didn't experience so expert at the very beginning. But, as the things went alee, I kept on guessing. Even with obvious fact my conventionalities dangled, and I couldn't exist certain of the decisions I made near the antagonist. And by the end I truly loved this story. Its everything you want from a Christie story. There is misdirection, suspense and proper explanation of the facts.Normally I attempt to exist critical well-nigh mystery novels, but I have absolutely no complain about this one. So, a full rating is well deserving accomplishment.
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This one has a bit of Fawlty Towers about it. Information technology's on the eve of World War 2, and T & T get sleuthing in a sleepy seaside boarding house. There they meet the usual suspects: a retired major, a strange foreign woman, a dim
Equally light reading between more than demanding literary works, Agatha Christie never fails. Although Tommy and Tuppence were always my to the lowest degree favourite sleuths of Agatha Christie's, the detective formula largely follows the same formulas as in the Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple stories.This one has a bit of Fawlty Towers well-nigh it. It's on the eve of World War II, and T & T become sleuthing in a sleepy seaside boarding business firm. There they meet the usual suspects: a retired major, a strange foreign woman, a dimwitted elderly adult female and her hypochondriac husband, a seemingly devoted mother and her child, a suspicious young German, etc. Volition T & & be able to unravel the spies of the 'fifth cavalcade' earlier Hitler invades Britain, or will they exist institute out …?
Although the hotel boasts of no Basil Fawlty, the story is like a comedy of manners here and there, with some delightful phrases and characterizations. The hypochondriac coughs aggressively, the footling kid goes into ecstasies of mirth, the imbecile wife murmurs pacifically and so on. It got a chip soppy toward the end and was, in essence, predictably unpredictable.
My tattered copy is a testament to the days when I first began my English language volume collection, searching the dusty bookshelves in second-hand shops upward and downwards Charing Cross Road. I first read this volume back then only remember non a single matter. So, less demanding may likewise mean less rewarding, just there'due south something to be said for a fleck of brain candy earlier (and after) more taxing reading experiences. Dostoevsky, hither I come up!
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I much adopt Christie's puzzle box mysteries, but at that place's something about the Beresford's that instantly appeal.
I like how they accept aged to reflect the 1940's setting.
My favourite of Christie's thrillers.
A fast, fun expedition into espionage! I liked the fact that Christie allowed her principal characters to age and change a bit. As is truthful for most of us, they retained their basic characteristics which turned them into spy hunters to begin with, but they are dealing with details that afflict the states all as we age. Younger folk (including the Beresford children) no longer meet our relevance and no 1 wants the skills that we have on offer—merely inquire anyone who is over twoscore and un
***2018 Summer of Spies***A fast, fun expedition into espionage! I liked the fact that Christie allowed her master characters to age and alter a bit. As is truthful for most of us, they retained their basic characteristics which turned them into spy hunters to begin with, only they are dealing with details that agonize us all equally we age. Younger folk (including the Beresford children) no longer see our relevance and no one wants the skills that we have on offer—merely enquire anyone who is over xl and unemployed and they will tell yous all almost it!
Tommy must have a thick skull, because he once once again gets clonked on the head in this novel, simply manages to come out of things un-addled. The plot is non as smoothen as Christie'due south murder mysteries, just it is fun to run across Tuppence trying to pretend to be a heart-aged lady who knits & gossips. Tommy at least gets to exit and play golf.
I'g currently reading a biography of Ian Fleming and I'm at the point of reading virtually his experiences in WWI in the Royal Navy'due south Intelligence Unit—although this T&T antic seems a bit outlandish, information technology's non that far off of some of the imaginative schemes that NID came up with to try to thwart the Nazis, which surprised me a lot. All of the global intelligence services accept come up a long way since the 1940s.
A bit of summer fun.
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The only drawbacks about this volume, for me, are the profanity and expletives used.
Content: murder, booze
I was not compensated for my honest review.
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Still the bright immature things (but slightly aged) solving a mystery together.
Witty, quick paced and filled with wonderful Red Herrings, just goes to prove what dangers lurk past the Seaside
Agatha Christie is of grade famous for her murder mysteries, just she wrote more than widely than that, dipping her toes in spy stories, such as the first-class The Man in the Brown Suit.
North or One thousand? features Tommy and Tuppence back on the scene, trying to find some meaningful piece of work during WWII despite their 'swell advanced historic period' (they are in their 40s - lol). Luckily plenty, they are sent on a mission to uncover a spy in a seaside resort. The beginning, after Tuppence's masterful action, is a little sl
3.75*Agatha Christie is of course famous for her murder mysteries, but she wrote more widely than that, dipping her toes in spy stories, such every bit the excellent The Man in the Brown Adapt.
North or M? features Tommy and Tuppence dorsum on the scene, trying to find some meaningful work during WWII despite their 'great advanced age' (they are in their 40s - lol). Luckily plenty, they are sent on a mission to uncover a spy in a seaside resort. The kickoff, after Tuppence's masterful action, is a little ho-hum, but speeds nicely towards a satisfactory cease. I must acknowledge Tuppence is really the character that shines in these stories. She is so smart and resourceful!
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The plot itself was as intricate and deftl
Another excellent Christie read. Showtime and foremost, this one reaffirmed my love for Tuppence; she really is a fantastic character. It'southward corking that Christie has immune united states of america to run across the progression of her and Tommy over fourth dimension; the duo having grown from ambitious youngsters to heart-aged retirees with their own grown-up children. This in turn allowed for a great thread throughout this volume most society being dismissive of people and their worth as they age.The plot itself was as intricate and deftly handled as I've come to expect, with elements of political intrigue, war-time racial tension, action and excitement, and even some surprising desolation; topped off, of course, with a heavy dose of mystery. It was as clever and readable as ever, with Christie once once again catching me off guard with the well-placed twists, and providing an incredibly satisfying conclusion that made this a perfect case of cosy crime.
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The book itself wasn't Christie'southward worst, but it was far from her best. I mean, it wasn't a Passenger to Frankfurt/The Big 4 level di
That plot summary doesn't fifty-fifty bear a passing resemblance to this book. Whoever wrote it should be fired. Besides, the cover of my edition is insane - I get the shoelace, the hammer and the annotation wound around the rock, but the vaguely racist imagine of a Native American in full headdress belongings a shot gun? I can literally remember NO references to either of those.The book itself wasn't Christie's worst, only it was far from her best. I hateful, it wasn't a Passenger to Frankfurt/The Large Four level disaster, just it besides wasn't that groovy. The offset 3rd was boring - it did option up after a bit, and the ending was pretty practiced. I figured out the spy at almost the 55% mark (view spoiler)[well, i of the spies, anyhow. I missed the 2nd spy. It was pretty obvious that it was Mrs. Sprot (hide spoiler)], well before either Tommy or Tuppence, merely that might just be because I've read A LOT of Christie (61 out of 67, to be specific).
Side by side up: By the Pricking of My Thumbs.
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I found it interesting that this volume was published in 1941 - when the fate of the state of war was notwithstanding very much in the balance - and that uncertainty definitely comes through in the writing. How could it not?
It's an enjoyable read with a typical assortment of Agatha Christie characters (a.chiliad.a potential suspects), and you'll probably be kept guessing to the very end. Give information technology a whirl.
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I really defenseless on to one of the suspects relatively early! Woohoo! This was a fun introduction to the Tommy and Tuppence series, although this was more than of a spy thriller instead of a whodunit mystery so I missed that there was no mysterious dead body that popped up.
iv.5 stars
This was such a heartpounding, thrilling, Earth War 2, spy who-dun-it! I was constantly on the edge of my seat the whole time and read this in only over a mean solar day!
Probably not the all-time Tommy and Tuppence book to start with though, every bit I was, because they're imitating another personality and it'southward hard (at first) to determine which personality is actually theirs. But Tuppence is amazing. She's such a strong female person heroine, and though To "The female of the species are deadlier than the male person..."
four.5 stars
This was such a heartpounding, thrilling, World War ii, spy who-dun-it! I was constantly on the border of my seat the whole time and read this in just over a twenty-four hours!
Probably not the best Tommy and Tuppence book to start with though, as I was, because they're imitating another personality and information technology'southward hard (at commencement) to determine which personality is really theirs. But Tuppence is amazing. She'due south such a stiff female heroine, and though Tommy's much different than her, he doesn't disappoint either!
I wasn't expecting myself to like this half as much as I did, arhg this book is and then good, I just wish I had read information technology when I was mad into sleuthing and espionage!! ...more than
The theme of the story was that fifty-fifty centre-aged detectives can be as sharp as immature detectives. The two protagonists had a hard fourth dimension finding work during the state of war considering they were considered also old to be of any use. Nonetheless, they were brought in The author'southward purpose in writing this book was to entertain readers. The author did this past writing a mystery. The author also provided information nigh the Fifth Column which was a group of German spies that had infiltrated all of Europe during WWII.
The theme of the story was that even middle-aged detectives tin be as sharp equally young detectives. The two protagonists had a difficult time finding piece of work during the war because they were considered too one-time to exist of any use. Notwithstanding, they were brought in to work for the regime secret because no one would recognize them. They had been retired for 20 years, and no ane in the Fifth Column would know of them.
The style of the book is the rhetorical manner known as narration. Agatha Christie tells the story through a series of events in chronological order throughout the mystery. This style was constructive considering telling a mystery out of order makes the reader very confused. You have to read the unabridged story in lodge to find out who the bad guys are. The first matter that occurs in the story is when Mr. Grant goes to come across Tommy Beresford near an undercover job during WWII. Tommy accepts the chore but cannot tell his wife anything virtually this assignment. Tommy goes to a boarding house called the Sans Soucie in Leahampton, England. There he finds his wife Tuppence already in disguise and hush-hush! If these occurrences had happened in reverse, the story wouldn't make as much sense. Likewise, if the traitors were revealed at the beginning, much suspense would be taken out of the story.
I love a good mystery, and this was one of them. I liked how some paragraphs were written by post-obit the deportment of either Tommy or Tuppence. The characters were very likeable and interesting. I didn't dislike annihilation about this volume, and I wouldn't change anything. Information technology is a bones mystery within which I figured out who one of the spies was, but I had to read until the end to find out who the other traitor was. Also, I plant Tommy and Tuppence'south cover story very amusing. Tuppence acted like a pushy widow who was after Tommy. Tommy acted like he wasn't interested in her. So whenever the residents of San Soucie saw them together, they would say, "Look at poor old Meadowes!"
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This was a lot of fun. It got off to a dull starting time and I was worried when Tuppence wasn't invited along. I thought maybe she'd find the spy at habitation but I was delighted when she found a manner effectually Mr. Grant'southward "Tommy simply" request. I knew she was smarter than that! And so the investigation is a little deadening. It seemed obvious to me who N or M was but non to Tommy or Tuppence. Tuppence was on the verge of figuring out but the clue kept slipping from her listen as she was distracted by cerise herrings. Near halfway through, the book got much amend and I couldn't put it down. I stayed up actually late finishing information technology. I was right virtually N but never guessed M even though M was more than obvious! (view spoiler)[It seemed obvious to me that the lady with the baby was a spy. NO One tin can be THAT stupid and silly; and no 1 can brand a lucky shot to shoot someone in the head the very commencement fourth dimension they handle a gun. Nope. That one was obvious. I never guessed all of it though. (hide spoiler)] I was really enjoying the book a lot until they started talking nigh phenotypes and head shapes. :eyeroll: I know that was big in their time simply it didn't add together annihilation to the plot. The Prussian stereotype was also a flake much.
This story really is the Tuppence show. While Tommy is recruited for a secret mission, he's a little slow to ferret out the clues. He think he's existence discreet simply he lets something big slip in front of the enemy and information technology nearly costs him. Tuppence is much more than smart and unimposing. Her blathering, unintelligent widow embrace story makes are annoying just easy to overlook. While some people doubtable her, she'southward too smart to be defenseless out at San Souci. She does brand some poor decisions at the end of the novel just Agatha Christie was brilliant in the fashion she handled information technology. Tuppence may be middle aged but she even so sounds similar the same old young Tuppence. She still adores Tommy. Being a mother affects her feelings and maternal feelings affect her deportment. That was the merely main difference I could selection up on. Tommy is lovable because he's kind and brave, only Tommy really is not as quick thinking every bit Tuppence. He'south loyal and loving to his family unit but non equally parental as Tuppence. She wants to believe in certain people because she feels motherly towards them but Tommy is more objective and knows to doubtable anybody. In that fashion, I think he was doing a improve job spying than she was at first merely then information technology switches and the mystery belongs to Tuppence.
There was a brief interlude with their daughter Deborah at her piece of work that didn't make sense. I highly doubt she would confide in a random co-worker about her parents. I didn't like how Deborah thinks her parents are elderly and didn't do anything special. Actually, Deborah sounds just like me when I talk about my parents and engineering science. (They all the same use paper checks! They'd sit down there with cleaved technology if it weren't for me! Just Google it! Enquire Siri! It's Easy! Any kid can do it-call the grandkids! They don't know how to do ANYTHING!) She's very patronizing towards her parents and their past exploits. I have it the children oasis't met Mr. Carter, who is now elderly and retired. It was merely weird to suddenly skip to Deborah'due south POV. Information technology doesn't make a lot of sense. Alfred, the boy banana, returns from retirement to assist the Beresfords do some clandestine sleuthing. He may be a bit wearisome just he's certainly loyal and brave and not fifty-fifty that slow. He caught on to something I never would accept figure out.
The boarding house, San Souci, is run past the mysterious Mrs. Perenna. Of course she's a doubtable because she's dark and her name is Spanish. She does seem to be taciturn and mysterious. Mrs. Perenna is occasionally not where she said she was or doing what she said she was doing. She may have even snooped in Tuppence'due south room. Does that make her a Fifth Columnist? She's certainly at the acme of the Beresfords' suspect list. Besides her daughter Sheila, a immature, angsty woman. I think Sheila is immature and probably a teenager, shut to age to Deborah Beresford. Shelia enjoys beingness dramatic and being against the globe. I don't run into anything out of the ordinary about her. Yet, she does seem to be having a romance with Carl von Dienim. Carl, a young German refugee, is an interesting and complex character. His male parent was killed for going against the Nazis and his brothers are in concentrations camps. He's a chemical science enquiry scientist living and working in Britain now. Of course because he'due south German, people accuse him of all kinds of things. Carl is smart. He points out the distinction between ordinary Germans and Nazis. He hates the Nazis and all they stand for. He's also German and when the British attack him for his nationality and say hateful things, he feels loyal and German in his eye. I remember he's in a rough spot and older people have long memories leftover from the last war and that can't help things much. I feel so bad for him, much like Tuppence. I don't feel maternal the mode Tuppence does just I think he'south sincere in just wanting to live his life and practise the job he loves. He doesn't deserve to be automatically doubtable because of his nationality, but... it could be a encompass story and he could be a Nazi spy come to invade Britain.
The next most probable suspect is Mr. Cayley, a cranky invalid who likes to complain and complain about everything. Nothing pleases him or makes him happy. He'southward a mansplainer for certain and his poor, meek wife can't get a word in edgewise. Mr. Cayley is high on MY list of suspects. His story is the perfect cover for being there, he spends a lot of fourth dimension on the porch, has medicine jars which could conceal invisible ink or poison and no one would suspect him. He'southward not likable, even if he'southward only an old grouch. Major Bletchley is the other man staying at San Souci. He's an older British Army veteran who, like Tommy, longs to be in the thick of things this fourth dimension. He's another patronizing male person who loves to talk and talk almost his exploits. He thinks Carl is suspicious considering of his nationality merely Tommy is supposed to exist looking for British spies so maybe Major Bletchley protests too much.
Tommy seems to dismiss the women, aside from Mrs. Perenna but Tuppence has an uneasy feeling about some of them. Mrs. O'Rourke, a large, mustachioed, Irish woman, tops Tuppence'southward list. Mrs. O'Rourke seems to suspect Mrs. Blekensop, Tuppence's alter ego, is non who she says she is. Mrs. O'Rourke tries to describe Mrs. Blekensop into conversation a lot and seems to notice details other people miss. She's a little terrifying- plus she's Irish so you know... suspect. Non a suspect is elderly Miss Minton. All she does is knit- A LOT and assistance Tuppence larn to be a better knitter. I think Tuppence feels sympathy for the superfluous elderly adult female. Finally, there's Mrs. Sprot and her girl Betty. Mrs. Sprot is the singularly most stupid and nervous female in the house. She's very silly and spoils her daughter. Betty is not quite 3 and she has the run of the boarding house, babbling away, enervating people play with her and existence a nuisance/typical toddler. Of course Tuppence takes a liking to the tot! I'k with Mr. Cayley- children should sit down quietly and read!
There are a few other people involved in the mystery. Who is the mysterious strange woman asking for people who don't be? I call up she'southward mixed up in this somehow but possibly only innocently. Someone may have sent her there to ask for someone and she is confused. She seems to be a doubtable mainly because she's blond and strange. Would a spy really ask for people who aren't at that place? That would be stupid. Then something happens that made me change my heed a little bit. Commander Haydock lives in the area. He's suspicious of foreigners - all of them, apparently, and talks A LOT about how he came to own his place which involves a convoluted story about foreigners and a German man disappearing. He sounds like another typical old British military homo -hurrah for the British Empire and everyone else is naturally inferior. He doesn't associate with women or he'd be a mansplainer too. UGH. Likewise many mansplainers in this book.
Mr. Grant is their new spy master. He's the one who leaves Tuppence out so automatically I don't like him. Mr. Carter seemed to have a sense of humor and enjoyed working with the Beresfords. He knew how smart Tuppence is and wouldn't leave her out. Mr. Grant is a bit dim for someone in British Intelligence. He'south all correct, I suppose, as a spymaster and although he says his hands are tied and the Beresfords are on their own, he does help investigate a bit once Tommy has evidence to wait into. N and Yard are actually truly villainous and evil people merely not two dimensional drawing villains. They're expert at blending in and hiding!
Where exercise Tommy and Tuppence go next from here?
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Tommy and Tuppence's antics are hilarious and absolutely delightful, and although their actual progress in communicable Northward or Chiliad is more than interesting and much stronger than the actual resolution, which I found was insufficiently weak
A charming and thoroughly fun romp. Tommy and Tuppence are physically center-aged, just they are withal every bit irrepressible and adventurous as always. N or M? is like one of those traditional spy movies, with enough of suspense, danger, and more than a few surprises forth the fashion.Tommy and Tuppence's antics are hilarious and absolutely delightful, and although their actual progress in catching N or Thousand is more than interesting and much stronger than the actual resolution, which I found was comparatively weak and rushed, it was all in all highly satisfying. I merely wish I could exist as agile as they are when I reach that age!
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Where this book actually shines for me is that information technology was published in 1940 and really gives the modern reader a petty peak into the prejudices, thoughts and predictions most the state of war in its early days.
Agatha Christie is the best-selling author of all time. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English linguistic communication and a billion in t
Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels nether the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.Agatha Christie is the acknowledged author of all time. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, xiv plays, and half-dozen novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language language and a billion in translation. Co-ordinate to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author, having been translated into at least 103 languages. She is the creator of ii of the most enduring figures in criminal offence literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre.
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was built-in in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., every bit the youngest of 3. The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880–1929), called Monty, ten years older than Agatha.
Before marrying and starting a family unit in London, she had served in a Devon hospital during the First Globe State of war, tending to troops coming back from the trenches. During the Showtime World War, she worked at a hospital as a nurse; subsequently working at a hospital pharmacy, a task that influenced her work, every bit many of the murders in her books are carried out with poison. During the Second World War, she worked equally a chemist's assistant at Academy College Hospital, London, acquiring a good cognition of poisons which feature in many of her novels.
Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, came out in 1920. During her first marriage, Agatha published half dozen novels, a collection of short stories, and a number of curt stories in magazines.
In late 1926, Agatha's husband, Archie, revealed that he was in love with some other woman, Nancy Neele, and wanted a divorce. On 8 December 1926 the couple quarreled, and Archie Christie left their house, Styles, in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to spend the weekend with his mistress at Godalming, Surrey. That same evening Agatha disappeared from her home, leaving backside a letter for her secretary saying that she was going to Yorkshire. Her disappearance caused an outcry from the public, many of whom were admirers of her novels. Despite a massive manhunt, she was not found for eleven days.
In 1930, Christie married archeologist Max Mallowan (Sir Max from 1968) after joining him in an archaeological dig. Their marriage was especially happy in the early years and remained so until Christie's death in 1976.
Christie oft used familiar settings for her stories. Christie's travels with Mallowan contributed background to several of her novels fix in the Middle E. Other novels (such equally And And then There Were None) were fix in and effectually Torquay, where she was born. Christie's 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express was written in the Hotel Pera Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, the southern terminus of the railway. The hotel maintains Christie's room as a memorial to the author. The Greenway Manor in Devon, acquired by the couple as a summer residence in 1938, is now in the care of the National Trust.
Christie often stayed at Abney Hall in Cheshire, which was owned by her blood brother-in-law, James Watts. She based at least two of her stories on the hall: the short story The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, and the novel Later the Funeral. Abney Hall became Agatha's greatest inspiration for land-firm life, with all the servants and grandeur which have been woven into her plots.
To accolade her many literary works, she was appointed Commander of the Guild of the British Empire in the 1956 New year's day Honours. The next year, she became the President of the Detection Club.
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