Agatha Christie (Paperback)

from ChazziFrazz

I was gifted this book a couple of Christmases ago and when going through my shelves discovered it. It isn't a quick read as there are quite a few footnotes and references to Christie's books. Laura Thompson had access to Christie's personal papers — notebooks, letters, photographs and the like...

from JeffreyMarks

Good biography though a bit flowery at times. The insightful comments are sometimes lost in the myriad quotes used from the Christie texts.

from TnTexas

I enjoyed the book quite a bit; but for a biography, it felt a little "rambly" and fanciful at times.

from john257hopper

This biography of the crime writer, the best-selling novelist in the history of the world, is very well written and offers a pretty comprehensive account of her life, mindset and her works. Her life seems to divide into three phases (though the book doesn't quite present it in these terms): her e...

from tamidale

Reading this was quite an undertaking! No one can accuse author Laura Thompson of not doing her research. While I learned much about Agatha Christie's life that I did not know, I think the chapter about her disappearance was the most interesting. How ironic that even today, there is still somewha...