Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days - Brossura

Cade, Jared

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ISBN 10: 0720613906 ISBN 13: 9780720613902

Casa editrice: Peter Owen Ltd, 2011

Riassunto

Revised and expanded with a wealth of new material, this riveting study reveals why Christie staged the notorious episode of her own disappearance, and how it all went terribly wrong In December 1926 Agatha Christie became front-page news when she vanished in bizarre circumstances from her home in Berkshire, England. The crime writer was found 11 days later in a hotel in Harrogate,Yorkshire, claiming to be the victim of amnesia. Until now none of her biographers have come up with conclusive evidence as to what Agatha Christie did in the first 24 hours after she disappeared, or whether her memory loss was genuine. Although the notoriety made Agatha Christie famous, she never recovered from the intense press scrutiny, and the private anguish that surrounded the episode ensured that she made no reference to it in her memoirs. Illustrated with many hitherto unpublished photographs, Jared Cade's illuminating book provides all the answers, including startling accounts by the novelist's surviving relatives, that reveal for the first time why she staged the disappearance with the help of a co-conspirator and how it went wrong.

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A brilliant job of research . . .Jared Cade has succeeded where all we other writers failed to trace what really happened to Agatha on the night of the disappearance. Jared Cade paints a brilliant picture of the tabloid press turning a disappearance and possible murder into a national jamboree A gripping detective story. Harpers & Queen He has proved himself to be a detective so meticulous and thorough that Agatha herself would have been proud Northern Echo This is the only biography that tells Agatha's life story as it really was. Jared Cade's insight into her personality is unsurpassed. Judith and Graham Gardner, relatives of Agatha Christie --Gwen Robyns, author of The Mystery of Agatha Christie

This thoughtful and absorbing inquiry into Agatha Christie's eleven-day disappearance lends credible dimension to the complex life story of mystery's most celebrated practitioner. Well done! --Sue Grafton

A page-turner. --Daily Telegraph

This thoughtful and absorbing inquiry into Agatha Christie's eleven-day disappearance lends credible dimension to the complex life story of mystery's most celebrated practitioner. Well done! --Sue Grafton

A page-turner. --Robert Barnard, author of A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie

His meticulously researched and interestingly illustrated volume is fascinating to read. --Charles Osborne, author of The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie

Affectionate and objective. --Alan Travis, Guardian

His meticulously researched and interestingly illustrated volume is fascinating to read. --Charles Osborne, author of The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie

Affectionate and objective. --Alan Travis, Guardian

L'autore:

Jared Cade is an authority on Agatha Christie and lectures regularly on her work and her notorious disppearance.

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• Editore: Peter Owen Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0720613906
• ISBN 13: 9780720613902
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336