Getaway Guide to Agatha Christie's England
AUTHOR: Judith Hurdle
ISBN: 978-1-57143-071-7
With this wonderful book you'll never be clueless on Christie. Visit Christie's London, Harrogate, Wallingford and Torquay. Travel to Burgh Island, ride the Orient Express, see the Christie homes and the hotels that inspired her famed books that have sold over two billion copies. This classic guide is the best way to see the fascinating places and landscapes that are at the heart of Christie's fascinating mysteries that continue to delight readers around the world.
A walking tour and an armchair read, this book makes it easy to follow in Christie's footsteps. With Judith Hurdle's book no slieght of hand is required to find where Christie went to finish her first detective story, where she created the biggest author event of her time, where she got her knowledge of poisions, how she was almost born an American, why she lived in nine London homes and how to take tea where Miss Marple took her last cup.
"Fans of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot should enjoy reading The Getaway Guide to Agatha Christie's England."
- The New York Times
"Agatha Christie fans will no doubt feel they've attained a kind of sluething nirvana."
-The San Francisco Chronicle