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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. In this fascinating travelogue of the prolific author's yearlong trip around the British Empire in 1922, Christie provides the clues to the origins of the plots and locales of some of her bestselling mystery novels. Containing never-before-published letters and photos from her travels, and filled with intriguing details about the
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Series
Inca ; F846
Language
English
Description
Her story starts with her childhood in "Ashfield", the Miller family residence in Torquay on the southern coast of England. Hers was a delightful upbringing in the late Victorian period when customs, manners, and the family group were so very important in that upper-class society. Here is a nostalgic description of a time much removed from her later life.