Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman

Reviews

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   Larry – August 12, 2024

   Good biography, not a detective story
   A thoughtful biography by a good historian, good writer. Lucy Worsley pops up in a lot of places these days. Her writing gives good insights and reads easily. It is thoughtful and reads at a slower pace than an Agatha Christie mystery. We get some good understanding of the life of a very popular, prolific writer. I enjoyed the book and learned a lot I didn’t know about a writer than I enjoy.

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   Amazon Customer – August 12, 2024

   Thorough Research
   This was a well-researched and well-written book on the life of Agatha Christie. This was a good read, and I learned a lot about Agatha and her family.

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   DANA ISAACSON – August 12, 2024

   Fantastic biography about a brilliant writer by a brilliant writer
   I have loved Lucy Worsley on BBC historical shows and didn’t know she was an author. I was thrilled to learn she wrote a biography of Agatha Christie. There is something extraordinary about this book: the biographer’s perspective and opinions can be found on many of its pages. This could be intrusive or annoying in a biography, but the opposite is true here because it’s the witty and brilliant Worsley. What a great person to guide you on this fascinating journey.Agatha defies expectations. She is modest but not, a self-described housewife who was often found on archeological digs in Iraq, a writer of uneven quality who also produced major works. The elderly woman in our mind was once a lovely debutante, a lover of swimming in the sea and a woman who made some bad choices with major consequences. Yet she also led what you might think of as a rather normal family life, with typical tears and joys.This book was a true pleasure to read. Now I must read Worsley’s other books.

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   Amazon Customer – August 12, 2024

   Author
   I have enjoyed Agatha Christy books ever since I was a child and was also interested in her as a person. The author, Lucy Worley of this book is great, I have watched her on PBS many times. She is very knowledgeable in many areas and adds her personal insight to this book as well.

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   TIMOTHY M TOUCHETTE – August 12, 2024

   Agatha Christie is a complicated person
   The author, Lucy Worsley, gives the reader an in depth of the life of Agatha Christie.

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   Kindle Customer – August 12, 2024

   I finally feel likeable Agatha Christie
   Such a well researched book. Learned about Agatha from birth to death, 2 marriages,and of course her books.A bit boring at the end mostly about Agathas financials.I would give the first 2/3 of the book 5 stars!

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   Thom̩ Madeira РAugust 12, 2024

   A well written biography, resourceful and take us from beginning to end, and not only the writer, but also the woman, a figure of a time in constant changing, a style immortal by its own right; is quite possible find people like M. Poirot or with the calm curiosity of Miss Marple, or even incisive and daring couples like Tommy and Tuppence; we just need to read her …

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   WF – August 12, 2024

   I really like LWs writing and this was another excellent book. And very interesting. Agatha had a life story that has plenty to fill a book. What a woman!

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   Kindle Customer – August 12, 2024

   What a wonderful expose of the life of one of the worlds finest writers. You reall get the intermacy from the wonderful writing of the Author about Agatha.