Agatha Christie Blog
There are two blogs associated with the All Agatha Christie Website. The first is hosted right here on this page (see below) and will be used primarily to alert readers to website updates, including all the guest submissions that we receive in relation to Murder Mystery Q & A. The second murder mystery blog is hosted by Blogger and utilizes all the interactive features that this platform provides e.g. reader comments, RSS capability, e-mail updates etc. Jun 26, 2009, The All About Agatha Christie GuestbookMany thanks for visiting the All About Agatha Christie website. Any feedback you have would be gratefully received. Whether it's just to say hello, to comment about a specific Agatha Christie book... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 17, 2009, Jane Marple Vs Hercule Poirot, Who Would You Choose?If I was to be marooned on that famous desert island, and had to choose between a set of Jane Marple or Hercule Poirot books, which would I take? Well I love them both, and it would be a... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 17, 2009, The Man in The Brown Suit: Books That Don't Feature Poirot or Marple.The man in the brown suit: I want to occasionally talk about Agatha Christie’s ‘other’ books... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 17, 2009, Sleeping Murder By Agatha Chrisite: Miss Marple's Last CaseWritten in 1940, but not published until 1976, Sleeping Murder is Miss Marple’s last case and is a very fitting climax to an amazing career. This is one of a handful of retrospective murder... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 17, 2009, How to Host Successful Murder Mystery Parties, Detective Games, Murder Mystery DFree information and tips on hosting Murder mystery parties, detective games, a murder mystery Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 17, 2009, Agatha Christie Novels. How Does She Do it?I can’t be the only person to have identified the fact in quite a few Agatha Christie novels, she uses the same trick to distract us guessing the true culprit... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 17, 2009, Death On The Nile By Agatha ChristieFirst published in 1937, Death on the Nile is one of Agatha Christie’s most fiendishly clever murder mysteries. Jaqueline de Bellefort introduces her fiancé, Simon Doyle, to her... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 17, 2009, A Selection Of Interesting And Thought Provoking Agatha Christie News ArticlesThis section of the web site contains direct links to archived Agatha Christie news articles and other... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 16, 2009, The Immortal Sherlock Holmes: Classic Radio ShowA Mercury Theater on the Air production, The Immortal Sherlock Holmes was first broadcast on the 25th September 1938. Orson Welles adapted... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 16, 2009, Wonderful Classic Radio ShowsA very warm welcome to the classic radio show collection, a new addition to the All About Agatha Christie website that I'm thoroughly looking forward to adding to on a regular basis... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 16, 2009, The ABC Murders: Classic Radio ShowThe ABC Murders was first broadcast on the 18th May 1943 as part of the CBS 'Suspense' radio drama series. Based on the Agatha Christie novel of the same name. Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 16, 2009, Hercule Poirot’s Christmas By Agatha ChristieWealthy Simeon Lee, one-time diamond prospector but now an invalid, invites all his family to spend Christmas with him at his mansion somewhere in the English midlands... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 16, 2009, Murder in Mesopotamia By Agatha ChristieMurder in Mesopotamia is written in the first person by Nurse Amy Leatheran, and concerns the members of an archaeological expedition in Iraq. Nurse Amy has been employed by the expedition’s leader... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 16, 2009, The Best Agatha Christie Links on The InternetOnly the very best agatha christie links, agatha christie web sites and agatha Christie resources make it on this page... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 14, 2009, After The Funeral By Agatha ChrisiteAfter The Funeral opens with all the requisite elements of a classical murder mystery. The family of the recently deceased Richard Abernethie are gathered in the library of his country house... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 14, 2009, Agatha Christie's A Murder Is AnnouncedA Murder Is Announced: It is not often that a murderer announces the time and place of his or her crime, but in A Murder is Announced, that is precisely what happens... Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 14, 2009, 10 Things You Should Know About Miss MarpleWelcome to the 10 Things You Should Know About Miss Marple page Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 14, 2009, 10 Things You Should Know About Hercule PoirotA very warm welcome to the 10 Things You Should Know About Hercule Poirot page Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 14, 2009, 10 Things You Should Know About Agatha ChristieWelcome to the 10 Things You Should Know About Agatha Christie page, the first in a series, so watch this space for 10 Things You Should Know About Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple etc. Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 14, 2009, Agatha Christie: A Free & Comprehensive Guide To Her Life & WorkAgatha Christie. Find out all about the queen of crime. Her biography, her writing, her detectives and much more. Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 13, 2009, Introducing The Best Free Murder Mystery Games Available OnlineI've scoured the Internet looking for free murder mystery games more out of hope than expectation that I'd be able to find some high quality ones; but much to my delight, the good old BBC ... Permalink -- click for full blog post Mar 6, 2009, A collection of Great Agatha Christie Gift IdeasImpress the Agatha Chrisite fan in your life with these wonderful Agatha Christie gift ideas... Permalink -- click for full blog post Mar 6, 2009, Fear Paints A Picture: Classic Radio ShowFear paints a picture was first broadcast on the 13th April 1943 as part of the CBS 'Suspense' radio drama series. Permalink -- click for full blog post Mar 6, 2009, The Agatha Christie Poll PageWho was the best Miss Marple? Cast your vote on all things Agatha Christie Permalink -- click for full blog post Feb 26, 2009, Agatha Christie Greenway House
(Photo Credit: Lincolnian) Thanks to a £5.4m restoration by the National Trust the house that Agatha Christie bought in 1938 and which became her holiday home until 1959 is now open to the public. The following information is taken from the National Trust Website Agatha Christie (known locally by her married name, Mrs Mallowan) could not resist buying Greenway. She and her husband Max, who was later knighted for his services to archaeology, soon became very attached to the place. It became their holiday home. Both were keen gardeners, ordering from Veitch, Treseder and Hillier. Even after the outbreak of war, Max continued listing wild flowers in the garden. In April 1942, his garden book noted the exceptionally late season, with cainellias, magnolias and even primroses only just coming out. During the autumn of 1943, Greenway was requisitioned by the Admiralty for the use of the United States Navy. As part of the preparations for D-Day, Greenway became the Officers Mess for the 10th US Patrol Boat Flotilla based in the Dart Estuary. Amongst them was a Lt Marshall Lee, who was to become their unofficial war artist, creating a frieze around the walls of the library. During the build-up to D-Day, American music could often be heard wafting over the estate. According to local rumour, an abrupt silence foretold another raid by the Luftwaffe! More Information In the library, with the guide book - Christie's home opens: Newspaper article in the Guardian. Worth a visit just to see the great a great picture of Agatha Christie in the library at Greenway House. Click Here To read the Guardian article. BBc News Report: Click Here to See inside Greenway house. Many thanks to Jay Ashby for sending this link and letting me know about the Greenway story. Feb 4, 2009, Murder Mystery Q & A: The Place To Ask and Answer Murder Mystery QuestionsThe murder mystery Q & A page is a knowledge sharing resource where anybody can ask or answer a question relating to the fascinating world of murder mystery. Permalink -- click for full blog post Feb 4, 2009, Sparkling Cyanide Lost in TranslationI have a Spanish translation of Remembered Death AKA Sparkling Cyanide. The translator's note gives two big problems in rendering the work into Permalink -- click for full blog post Feb 3, 2009, The Lodger: Classic Radio ShowFirst broadcast on the 22nd July 1940 as part of the CBS 'Suspense' radio drama series. The lodger is based on the Marie Belloc Lowndes novel of the same name... Permalink -- click for full blog post Feb 2, 2009, Cat Among the Pigeons By Agatha ChristieA select girls’ boarding school, Meadowbank, is the unusual setting for most of Cat Among the Pigeons although some of the key action takes place in the fictional Middle-Eastern Kingdom of Ramat. Permalink -- click for full blog post Jan 25, 2009, Wonderful collection of Quotes & SayingsShowcasing a timeless collection of quotes and sayings Permalink -- click for full blog post Jan 25, 2009, Wonderful collection of Quotes About HappinessShowcasing a timeless collection of happiness quotes and sayings Permalink -- click for full blog post Jan 24, 2009, Wonderful collection of Quotes About MarriageShowcasing a timeless collection of marriage quotes and sayings Permalink -- click for full blog post Jan 23, 2009, Wonderful Collection of Quotes About LifeShowcasing a timeless collection of life quotes and sayings Permalink -- click for full blog post Jan 23, 2009, Wonderful collection of Friendship Quotes & SayingsShowcasing a timeless collection of frienship quotes and sayings Permalink -- click for full blog post Jan 22, 2009, Wonderful collection of Love Quotes & SayingsShowcasing a timeless collection of love quotes and sayings Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 21, 2008, The All About Agatha Christie Quiz PagePut those little grey cells to work with the Agatha Christie quiz Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 21, 2008, The Agatha Christie Trivia PageOn an occasional basis, I intend to share little snippets of Agatha Christie trivia with the visitors to my website... Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 21, 2008, Introducing Agatha Christie's Ariadne OliverDistinguished authoress Mrs Ariadne Oliver first makes her appearance in ‘Parker Pyne Investigates’ where she is employed by the said Mr Parker Pyne... Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 21, 2008, Crooked House: Books That Don't Feature Poirot or Marple.Crooked House like Dame Agatha Christie’s other favourite detective novel ‘Ordeal by Innocence’ does not feature either Poirot or Miss Marple. It’s a very good book and when everything is explained.. Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 21, 2008, Ordeal by Innocence: Books That Don't Feature Poirot or Marple.In her autobiography, Agatha Christie states that of her detective stories Ordeal by Innocence and Crooked House are the two that satisfied her most. ‘Ordeal by Innocence’ is unusual in that it... Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 21, 2008, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?: Books That Don't Feature Poirot or Marple.Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Published in 1934 has as its main characters two Bright Young People from the upper/middle classes. No, it’s not Tommy and Tuppence... Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 21, 2008, They Came to Baghdad: Books That Don't Feature Poirot or Marple.They Came to Baghdad is an unusual Agatha Christie novel. It’s about espionage, international intrigue, mysterious organisations and the like. Young typist Victoria Jones gets caught by her boss... Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 21, 2008, Introduction To The All About Dame Agatha Christie Web SiteA very warm welcome to all about Dame Agatha Christie web site Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 21, 2008, Introducing Captain Hastings, Hercule Poirot’s Loyal SidekickIt would be impossible to talk about Agatha Christie’s books without mentioning Captain Hastings. Hercule Poirot’s loyal sidekick does not feature in all his adventures by any means... Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 21, 2008, Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence BeresfordI always feel that when she wrote ‘The Secret Adversary’ and introduced her readers to Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, aka ‘The Young Adventurers,’ Agatha Christie had her tongue firmly in her cheek!... Permalink -- click for full blog post Nov 19, 2008, Agatha Christie's Hercule PoirotI guess every Agatha Christie fan has his or her own mental image of what Hercule Poirot looks like. Actually, Hastings gives us a very good description... Permalink -- click for full blog post Oct 2, 2008, Agatha Christie Characters Named JaneI'm trying to get a list of all Christie titles that include a character named Jane. Ive recently met a relative of the person named Jane from whom Permalink -- click for full blog post Sep 23, 2008, Realism in Agatha Christie NovelsI would like to know which are, in your opinion, the most outstanding features of realism in Agatha's novels. Happy to know that nowadays there are Permalink -- click for full blog post Sep 23, 2008, Agatha Christie's Last BookWhat was the title of the last book Agatha Christie Permalink -- click for full blog post Aug 24, 2008, Cards on the TableI do not have the book and missed the ending of the movie adaptation of this mystery, could somebody please tell me who did it and why? Spoiler Permalink -- click for full blog post
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