In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves. First published 17 July 2003 5776 Curtain: Poirot's Last Case 3 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under Individual Subcriptions. You are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal Offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a personal user account with your institutional email address. Institution ( see List), you should be able to access the LE onĬampus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing Agatha has been quoted as saying only then did she feel that her married life truly began.Consult the article in its entirety. Agatha and Archie fid not really experience married life until he was posted at the London War Office. One other interesting fact was that Agatha met Archie Christie in 1912, married on Christmas Eve 1914, spending their honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, but Archie returned to France on Dec 27th due to the War. It is a great asset to readers that author John Curran wrote the definitive book about an iconic author. The information about this illustrious author goes on and on. Her favorite flower was Lily of the Valley. Agatha Christie's name has appeared every day for 53 years in every newspaper with a West End London theatre listing. Her last public appearance was in 1974, at the premier of the movie, Murder on the Orient Express. She traveled around the world in 1922, which would have been quite a feat back then. She once had three plays running simultaneously in London. Agatha could have been an excellent performer as a pianist, but she was much too shy to perform. Since there are so many, just a few will be mentioned here. He outlines many of those interesting facts.

In his research, Curran found a plethora of information about Agatha. Her father did not want her to begin learning to read until age eight, but out of boredom, she taught herself to read by age five. It was an unusual way to be educated for the times.

This makes for a full circle of Poirot’s life. The setting is a country house called Styles, the site of his first case and where he met the person he would partner with on many cases Arthur Hastings. She was born in 1890 in England, where she was home schooled by her American father. Curtain is an apt title for this Poirot mystery, as it is his last case. What a daunting task to write about the most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie.

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