Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (771 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061988375 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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“The most fascinating aspect of the notebooks is the rare glimpse they allow into the mind of a writer, especially one as imaginative as Christie.An appealing read for Christie-philes.” (Publishers Weekly)“A must-have for any ardent fan of Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot.” (Washington Post)“A must for all Christie fans.” (Newark Star-Ledger)“Provides a unique look into the mind and working habits of one of the world’s most successful authors.” (Tulsa World)“Meticulously detailed and scrupulous in its judgments.” (Strand magazine on Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks)“A meticulously detailed study that is packed with shrewd perceptions about Christie’s fiction.Curran has produced an enthralling miscellany of a book, in which her fans will rummage to their heart’s content.” (Sunday Times (London))“Many of Curran’s discoveries will shape how Christie is read in future.This book is fascinating.” (The Independent on Sunday)“Curran has organized his material as efficiently as an Agatha Christie mystery….His enthusiasm for his subject carries us along.” (Irish Times)
He lives in Dublin. . For many years he edited the official Agatha Christie newsletter and acted as consultant to the National Trust during its restoration of Greenway House, Christie’s Devon home. John Curran is the longtime literary adviser to Agatha Christie’s estate
"Agatha Christie Secret Notebooks" according to Valerie Tucker. My sister and I are avid Agatha Christie fans. She was and is my favourite writer. I have read her since Middle School and still read all her books over and over again. She's a keeper. We have read all her writings and even her autobiography. I love hearing about her life and catching glimpses of her through notes and journals that she wrote. Very interesting. "The genesis of a genius" according to DodgyUSA. Agatha Christie's Secret Diaries is a terrific snapshot view of how she gathered, edited, refined, and finally wrote her ingenious books and plays. Any fan of Christie will revel in the name changes, plot twists, originally planned suspects, and other details which went into each piece.John Curran is a magician in his ability to decipher and chronicle the diaries. When they were first discovered, each cover was given a stickered. Agatha Christie';s secret of novel and story construction have been ferreted out for her vast public by author John Curran Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the bestselling fictional writer of all time! She has sold the third most books in history surpassed only by the Holy Bible and Shakespeare! Dame Agatha was a brilliant author of the golden age of British mystery writing which occurred from the end of World War I until the beginning of World War II in 1939. John Curran is a Dublin native who is one of the few persons who has been allowed to st
Not only will Christie’s legions of ardent fans find a treasure chest of new material from the author of such classics as And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, and Death on the Nile, but Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks is also a must-read tutorial for writers who want to learn the intricacies of constructing crime novels.. Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks is the fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie’s long hidden notebooks, including illustrations, analyses, and two previously unpublished Hercule Poirot short stories