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A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse
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Paints an intriguing picture of Christie Guardian
Ms Worsley herself writes engagingly She combines an almost militant support for her subject with a considered analysis of her books and plays Economist
Admirably scrupulous New York Times
An authoritative and entertaining biography Irish Independent
Written with Lucy Worsleys trademark wit and wisdom Agatha Christie emerges from the page as a thoroughly modern woman Red
Entertaining and authoritative shining a light on just what an extraordinary pioneer Christie was Belfast Telegraph
Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was
A new and fascinating account of the life of Agatha Christie from acclaimed historian Lucy Worsley
Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was just an ordinary housewife when clearly she wasnt As Lucy Worsley says She was thrillingly scintillatingly modern Her life was modern too she went surfing in Hawaii she loved fast cars and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology which helped her through devastating mental illness
So why despite all the evidence to the contrary did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure
She was born in 1890 into a world which had its own rules about what women could and couldnt do Lucy Worsleys biography is not just of a massively internationally successful writer Its also the story of a person who despite the obstacles of class and gender became an astonishingly successful working woman
Agathas life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passion
With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen Lucy Worsleys biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century
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