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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
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Description
"Arguably the greatest crime writer in the world, Christie's books still sell over four million copies each year more than thirty years after her death and it shows no signs of slowing. But who was the woman behind these mystifying, yet eternally pleasing, puzzlers? Thompson reveals the Edwardian world in which Christie grew up, explores her relationships, including those with her two husbands and daughter, and investigates the many mysteries still...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? She was born in 1890 into a world that had its own rules about what women could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biography is not just of a massively, internationally successful writer. It's also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman. With access to...
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