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Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks

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Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks brings together for the first time Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making, two volumes that explore the fascinating contents of her 73 notebooks. This includes illustrations, deleted extracts, unused ideas, two unpublished Poirot stories and a lost Miss Marple. When Agatha Christie died in 1976, aged 85, she had become the world's most popular author. With sales of more than two billion copies worldwide in more than 100 countries, she had achieved the impossible - more than one book every year since the 1920s, every one a bestseller. So prolific was Agatha Christie's output - 66 crime novels, 20 plays, 6 romance books under a pseudonym and over 150 short stories - it was often claimed that she had a photographic memory. Was this true? Or did she resort over those 55 years to more mundane methods of working out her ingenious crimes? Following the death of Agatha's daughter, Rosalind, at the end of 2004, a remarkable secret was revealed. Unearthed among her affairs at the family home of Greenway were Agatha Christie's private notebooks, 73 handwritten volumes of notes, lists and drafts outlining all her plans for her many books, plays and stories. Buried in this treasure trove, all in her unmistakable handwriting, are revelations and details that will fascinate anyone who has ever read or watched an Agatha Christie story. Christie archivist and expert John Curran leads the reader through the six decades of Agatha Christie's writing career, unearthing some remarkable clues to her success and a number of never-before-published excerpts and stories from her archives. This book features Agatha's original ending of her very first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, painstakingly transcribed from her notebooks. It also includes a number of short stories from the archives reproduced in full, including the unpublished The Man Who Knew, How I Created Hercule Poirot, and an early draft for a Miss Marple story, The Case of the Caretaker's Wife.


Reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars A master work about the greatest mystery writer.

r. · February 15, 2025

Bravo Dame Agatha. Bravo John Curran.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book for Christie lovers

M.D. · April 14, 2019

This is an excellent book in every way. If you love Agatha Christie then this is a must have. John Curran talks us through the notebooks at length, dividing up their contents thematically (nursery-rhyme murders, murder on trains and planes and so on). Curran knows his subject backwards, but he's too much of a fan to be an objective critic. The book is full of information but it can also become quite laborious. I would still recommend it for all those who love Agatha Christie. He even introduces some of her writings that were never published. Enjoy!

3.0 out of 5 stars if you are a fan, you shpuld read it

D.E.H. · April 6, 2021

Lot of information about the novels, an interesting point of view.NOT amusing but serious

Muy bueno

A.G. · April 8, 2021

Fantástico libro. Ameno y lleno de información literaria como personal.

For fans and literates.

A. · June 25, 2025

If you’re a fan, it’s worth having it.

Great book

A.d.v.a. · August 9, 2022

Special book for person who like Agatha

An excellent Christie reference book.

j.c. · July 30, 2017

This is no slight read!Agatha Christie's writing is examined decade by decade, all the crime titles in chronological order.This book discusses the plot construction in relation to evidence from Christie's own notebooks.A great deal of research has gone into this book. It is a excellent reference work.For those that have read all of Christie and want more, then this book is essential.

Five Stars

M.E. · December 15, 2017

Wonderful history and new discovery.

Agatha Christie’s Complete Secret Notebooks

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Imported From: United States

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Description:

Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks brings together for the first time Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making, two volumes that explore the fascinating contents of her 73 notebooks. This includes illustrations, deleted extracts, unused ideas, two unpublished Poirot stories and a lost Miss Marple. When Agatha Christie died in 1976, aged 85, she had become the world's most popular author. With sales of more than two billion copies worldwide in more than 100 countries, she had achieved the impossible - more than one book every year since the 1920s, every one a bestseller. So prolific was Agatha Christie's output - 66 crime novels, 20 plays, 6 romance books under a pseudonym and over 150 short stories - it was often claimed that she had a photographic memory. Was this true? Or did she resort over those 55 years to more mundane methods of working out her ingenious crimes? Following the death of Agatha's daughter, Rosalind, at the end of 2004, a remarkable secret was revealed. Unearthed among her affairs at the family home of Greenway were Agatha Christie's private notebooks, 73 handwritten volumes of notes, lists and drafts outlining all her plans for her many books, plays and stories. Buried in this treasure trove, all in her unmistakable handwriting, are revelations and details that will fascinate anyone who has ever read or watched an Agatha Christie story. Christie archivist and expert John Curran leads the reader through the six decades of Agatha Christie's writing career, unearthing some remarkable clues to her success and a number of never-before-published excerpts and stories from her archives. This book features Agatha's original ending of her very first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, painstakingly transcribed from her notebooks. It also includes a number of short stories from the archives reproduced in full, including the unpublished The Man Who Knew, How I Created Hercule Poirot, and an early draft for a Miss Marple story, The Case of the Caretaker's Wife.


Reviews:

5.0 out of 5 stars A master work about the greatest mystery writer.

r. · February 15, 2025

Bravo Dame Agatha. Bravo John Curran.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book for Christie lovers

M.D. · April 14, 2019

This is an excellent book in every way. If you love Agatha Christie then this is a must have. John Curran talks us through the notebooks at length, dividing up their contents thematically (nursery-rhyme murders, murder on trains and planes and so on). Curran knows his subject backwards, but he's too much of a fan to be an objective critic. The book is full of information but it can also become quite laborious. I would still recommend it for all those who love Agatha Christie. He even introduces some of her writings that were never published. Enjoy!

3.0 out of 5 stars if you are a fan, you shpuld read it

D.E.H. · April 6, 2021

Lot of information about the novels, an interesting point of view.NOT amusing but serious

Muy bueno

A.G. · April 8, 2021

Fantástico libro. Ameno y lleno de información literaria como personal.

For fans and literates.

A. · June 25, 2025

If you’re a fan, it’s worth having it.

Great book

A.d.v.a. · August 9, 2022

Special book for person who like Agatha

An excellent Christie reference book.

j.c. · July 30, 2017

This is no slight read!Agatha Christie's writing is examined decade by decade, all the crime titles in chronological order.This book discusses the plot construction in relation to evidence from Christie's own notebooks.A great deal of research has gone into this book. It is a excellent reference work.For those that have read all of Christie and want more, then this book is essential.

Five Stars

M.E. · December 15, 2017

Wonderful history and new discovery.

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