Agatha Christie's life and career told through the decades, from the never-before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last, complete with four unpublished Agatha Christie stories featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Agatha Christie wrote more than one book every year from the 1920s to the 1970s, every one a bestseller. But how did she do it? Unearthed among her papers after her death were 73 private notebooks in Agatha's almost unreadable handwriting. It was only when archivist John Curran began deciphering the notebooks that the extent of this treasure trove became apparent. This unique audiobook is based on John Curran's award-winning pair of books Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making. Exploring the techniques she used to surprise and entertain generations of readers, he also reveals a wealth of unpublished material, alternative endings, deleted scenes and unused story ideas. Read by Hugh Fraser, this audiobook also includes a number of Agatha Christie rarities, from the unpublished ending to her first novel, four short stories and her essay on creating Hercule Poirot, to the notes for her final unfinished work.
Includes the short stories The Man Who Knew, The Incident of the Dog's Ball, the thirteenth Labour of Hercules, and The Case of the Caretaker's Wife, all read by Hugh Fraser, back on ITV this year as Captain Hastings for the Poirot finale Curtain.
- ISBN10 0007488629
- ISBN13 9780007488629
- Publish Date 28 March 2013
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Edition Abridged edition
- Format Audiobook (CD)
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk