"[194] With her expert knowledge, Christie had no need of poisons unknown to science, which were forbidden under Ronald Knox's "Ten Rules for Detective Fiction". "[88] Her father, Archie Christie, was a military officer previously in the Royal Flying Corps. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. [83][94], Christie's family and family trusts, including great-grandson James Prichard, continue to own the 36% stake in Agatha Christie Limited,[86] and remain associated with the company. 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[37][38] It was feared that she may have drowned herself in the Silent Pool, a nearby beauty spot. [155][119]:10030 The literary critic Edmund Wilson described her prose as banal and her characterisations as superficial. [82], Christie was unhappy about becoming "an employed wage slave",[14]:428 and for tax reasons set up a private company in 1955, Agatha Christie Limited, to hold the rights to her works. The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery is a collection of correspondence from her 1922 Grand Tour of the British Empire, including South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. [14]:476,482[185]:57 In 2016, a new film version was released, directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also starred, wearing "the most extravagant mustache moviegoers have ever seen". Three months after their first meeting, Archie proposed marriage, and Agatha accepted. Both properties are now marked by blue plaques. During the Second World War, Christie wrote two novels, Curtain and Sleeping Murder, featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, respectively. They had been exceptionally close, and the loss sent Christie into a deep depression. Structural Info Facts Filmography Awards Known for movies Being Poirot (2013) as Producer When a little older, she moved on to the surreal verse of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. [104] The three-part adaptation aired in April 2018. [40][43][44] On 14December 1926, she was located at the Swan Hydropathic Hotel in Harrogate, Yorkshire, 184 miles (296km) north of her home in Sunningdale, registered as "Mrs Tressa[d] Neele" (the surname of her husband's lover) from "Capetown [sic] S.A." (South Africa). To contrast with the more stereotyped descriptions, Christie portrayed some "foreign" characters as victims, or potential victims, at the hands of English malefactors, such as, respectively, Olga Seminoff (Hallowe'en Party) and Katrina Reiger (in the short story "How Does Your Garden Grow?"). In 2020, James Prichard was the company's chairman. Following the breakdown of her marriage and the death of her mother in 1926 she made international headlines by going missing for eleven days. [187] The television series Miss Marple (19841992), with Joan Hickson as "the BBC's peerless Miss Marple", adapted all 12 Marple novels. saving. Fred was born in New York City and travelled extensively after leaving his Swiss boarding school. He graduated in 1993, before beginning his career at HarperCollins as commercial director. [31]:63 Their last adventure, Postern of Fate, was Christie's last novel. [108] Death Comes as the End will be the next BBC adaptation. They also taught her music, and she learned to play the piano and the mandolin. Madge married the year after their father's death and moved to Cheadle, Cheshire; Monty was overseas, serving in a British regiment. The play was temporarily closed in March 2020 because of COVID-19 lockdowns in London before it reopened in May 2021. It featured Hercule Poirot, a former Belgian police officer with "magnificent moustaches" and a head "exactly the shape of an egg",[30]:13 who had taken refuge in Britain after Germany invaded Belgium. [14]:500 The French television series Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie (20092012, 20132020), adapted 36 of Christie's stories. [12]:13 Her sister had been sent to a boarding school, but their mother insisted that Christie receive her education at home. [159], In 2011, Christie was named by digital crime drama TV channel Alibi as the second most financially successful crime writer of all time in the United Kingdom, after James Bond author Ian Fleming, with total earnings around 100million. [4]:69[29] Her war service ended in September 1918 when Archie was reassigned to London, and they rented a flat in St. John's Wood. [4]:300[125]:262 Spider's Web, an original work written for actress Margaret Lockwood at her request, premiered in the West End in 1954 and was also a hit. [30]:343, From 1971 to 1974, Christie's health began to fail, but she continued to write. English mystery and detective writer (18901976), This article is about the British author. [39], The disappearance quickly became a news story, as the press sought to satisfy their readers' "hunger for sensation, disaster, and scandal". was dismissive of the detective fiction genre in general but did not mention Christie by name. 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