Agatha Christie: A Biography

The only authorized biography of the writer who made her mark on crime fiction and became one of the best-selling authors in the world. Agatha Christie's legacy spans decades. Popularly known as the Queen of Crime, the author's works have been adapted for film, television, and theater. Guinness World Records also listed her as the author with the most books sold worldwide, totaling over four billion copies. Agatha's play, The Mousetrap, premiered in 1952 and is famous for being the most-performed play in theater history, having been running for over sixty years. Her famous detective, Hercule Poirot, was the first fictional character to be obituary-ed in the New York Times. In Agatha Christie: A Biography, author Janet Morgan provides behind-the-scenes details of the Queen of Crime's intense personal life: poison manipulation, disappearances, British intelligence investigations during World War II, archaeological expeditions, photography, and much more. This is an essential work for anyone who wants to learn more about the spectacular crime novelist and the genius behind the iconic Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, with a thick mustache and egg-shaped head.