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Death Certificate. General Register Office for England and Wales, 1901 December Quarter, Brentford, volume 3A, p. 71. ("Cause of Death. Bright's disease, chronic. Pneumonia. Coma and heart failure.") a b c Symons, Julian (1972). Mortal Consequences: A History from the Detective Story to the Crime Novel. New York City: Harper & Row, Publishers. Dame Agatha's private pleasures were gardening–she won local prizes for horticulture–and buying furniture for her various houses. She was a shy person: she disliked public appearances, but she was friendly and sharp-witted to meet. By inclination as well as breeding, she belonged to the English upper middle class. She wrote about, and for, people like herself. That was an essential part of her charm. [3] Death and estate [ edit ] Death and burial [ edit ] Christie's gravestone at St Mary's Church, Cholsey, Oxfordshire a b Richard Norton-Taylor (4 February 2013). "Agatha Christie was investigated by MI5 over Bletchley Park mystery". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017 . Retrieved 29 March 2013.

Where Are They Now?". Penguin. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020 . Retrieved 1 October 2020. Knights Bachelor". The London Gazette. No.Supplement: 44600. 31 May 1968. p.6300. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020 . Retrieved 18 April 2020. With Christie... we are dealing not so much with a literary figure as with a broad cultural phenomenon, like Barbie or the Beatles."

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In late February 2014, media reports stated that the BBC had acquired exclusive TV rights to Christie's works in the UK (previously associated with ITV) and made plans with Acorn's co-operation to air new productions for the 125th anniversary of Christie's birth in 2015. [99] As part of that deal, the BBC broadcast Partners in Crime [100] and And Then There Were None, [101] both in 2015. [102] Subsequent productions have included The Witness for the Prosecution [103] but plans to televise Ordeal by Innocence at Christmas 2017 were delayed because of controversy surrounding one of the cast members. [104] The three-part adaptation aired in April 2018. [105] A three-part adaptation of The A.B.C. Murders starring John Malkovich and Rupert Grint began filming in June 2018 and was first broadcast in December 2018. [106] [107] A two-part adaptation of The Pale Horse was broadcast on BBC1 in February 2020. [108] Death Comes as the End will be the next BBC adaptation. [109] The original Gone Girl: Agatha Christie's mysterious disappearance". The Independent . Retrieved 17 September 2022.

Agatha has traveled all over the world. She speaks of the special things that stand out for her at each place. Where has she traveled? Glance at the GR shelves on which I have placed this book. Poirot investigates his last mystery at Greenway". NationalTrust.org.uk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014 . Retrieved 28 April 2014. Aldiss, Brian. "BBC Radio 4 – Factual – Desert Island Discs". BBC. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009 . Retrieved 22 February 2009.Gerald, Michael C. (1993). The Poisonous Pen of Agatha Christie. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0292728646. Sorry, Harry Potter – it is Danielle Steel who casts the greatest spell over UK library readers". inews. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021 . Retrieved 3 October 2020. Result of world's favourite Christie global vote". Agatha Christie. 22 December 2015 . Retrieved 23 June 2023. Robyns, Gwen (1978). The Mystery of Agatha Christie. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. p.13. ISBN 0-385-12623-9.

a b c Curran, John (2011). Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0062065445. Christie is one of the most-borrowed authors in UK libraries. [172] [173] [174] [175] She is also the UK's best-selling spoken-book author. In 2002, 117,696 Christie audiobooks were sold, in comparison to 97,755 for J. K. Rowling, 78,770 for Roald Dahl and 75,841 for J. R. R. Tolkien. [176] [177] In 2015, the Christie estate claimed And Then There Were None was "the best-selling crime novel of all time", [178] with approximately 100 million sales, also making it one of the highest-selling books of all time. [132] [179] More than two million copies of her books were sold in English in 2020. [180] Legacy [ edit ] Commemorative blue plaque in the West End marking The Mousetrap as the world's longest-running play Marriage Certificate. Scotland–Statutory Register of Marriages, 685/04 0938, 11 September 1930, District of St Giles, Edinburgh. Mallowan, Agatha Christie (1985), Come, Tell Me How You Live, Toronto, New York City: Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-35049-8 . Wagstaff, Vanessa; Poole, Stephen (2004), Agatha Christie: A Reader's Companion, Aurum Press, p. 14, ISBN 1-84513-015-4From 1971 to 1974, Christie's health began to fail, but she continued to write. Her last novel was Postern of Fate in 1973. [4] :368–72 [14] :477 Textual analysis suggested that Christie may have begun to develop Alzheimer's disease or other dementia at about this time. [74] [75] Personal qualities [ edit ] Christie at Schiphol Airport, 17 September 1964 a b c Thorpe, Vanessa (15 October 2006). "Christie's most famous mystery solved at last". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013 . Retrieved 21 May 2013.

Years of Agatha Christie". The Home of Agatha Christie. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021 . Retrieved 3 May 2020.

Jacqueline Wilson most loaned author". bbc. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021 . Retrieved 3 October 2020. The ABC Murders Begins on BBC One on Boxing Day at 9pm". BBC Media Centre. 15 December 2018. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018 . Retrieved 20 December 2018.

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