Product Description

Other crime writers may come and go, but Agatha Christie maintains her enduring appeal, and for her millions of fans this book is the next best thing to a new Christie novel. The authors have assembled a mouth-watering feast of period memorabilia - the jackets of first editions, stills from films and television series, photographs of the places and buildings that Christie used as settings for her stories, contemporary reviews and magazine features - which effortlessly transports the reader back into the world of Christie and her characters. Each of the novels is discussed in order of publication, with a summary of the plot, information on Christie's own life at the time the book was written, an account of its reception, and details of subsequent films and TV series. The result is a unique companion to her novels that will have enormous appeal to everyone who loves her work.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #384759 in Books
• Published on: 2004-11-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

From the Author
Escape to the world of Agatha Christie:
224 pages, over 260 colour photos, including period ephemera, historical locations, All UK and some US first edition jackets, TV stills, with period fashions photos.

About the Author
Photographer and artist Vanessa Wagstaff graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art and has worked as a researcher on costumes and props for the Poirot TV series. Stephen Poole manages Biblion, a business in London's Mayfair specializing in rare books and modern first editions. including crime fiction classics.

Customer Reviews

A must-have for all Christie fans
If you are an Agatha Chritie fan, your collection will not be complete without this book.

This beautiful hard back is a summary of all the books ever written by Agatha Christie, in chronological order. Each summary includes the book background: any relevant facts from Agatha Christie's life and how she was inspired to write the story; the storyline (but the plot and who dunnit is *never* revealed!), and, for the collectors, pictures and descriptions of the original first edition book and jacket. There are also reviews from the time of first publishing and a mine of interesting period photos.

I already know quite a lot about Agatha Christie's life and her writings, but I learnt even more thanks to this wonderful book. The delightful pictures in particular are very good to help one visualise the era for each story and to put everything in context.
This is definitely recommended to any Christie fan or to anyone who wants to know more about the first lady of crime but who doesn't want to read her (sometimes dreary) autobiography.

Agatha Christie, A Reader's Companion
A visually sumptuous coffee table book that will delight Agatha Christie's many fans. It reproduces many of the beautiful first edition jackets that so many afficionados dream of owning, in addition to many others photographs, including those taken by Agatha Christie and her husband Max on location in the Middle East.

An excellent aid
As a fan of Agatha Christie and a voracious reader of her books, I was glad to see this book come on the market.

Christie has written quite a few books (78) and keeping them all in order and apart is not always easy. Having this book in my library enables me to follow the story of the books and the time period in which they were written, in addition to making it possible for me to read the books in the order in which they were intended. For any fan of Agatha Christie, I would highly recommend this book.