Agatha Christie – Queen of Crime / Telepool.

[Place of publication not identified] : Telepool, [2018]

New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2020.

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Agatha Christie: is there any other author in the world who has garnered as many accolades as she has: she is the inventor of the modern British crime novel and the best-selling and most translated novelist of all time. Her heroes Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple are household names, her stage play The Mousetrap holds the record for being the longest-running play in the world. But who is the woman behind the achievements? Using never before seen footage and photographs from Agatha Christie's private collection, the film embarks on a biographical investigation and reveals a portrait of an enigmatic character, whose biography and works were defined by the global events of the 20th century. Because Christie was not just a disciplined, hard-working writer who penned 66 novels, almost as many short stories and 33 plays, she was also a modern and emancipated woman, who throughout her life never allowed herself to be restricted by the rules of English society.

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June 26, 2020

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