The notice placed by Christie in The Times (11 December 1926, p.1) gives the first name as Teresa, but her hotel register signature more naturally reads Tressa; newspapers reported that Christie used Tressa on other occasions during her disappearance (including joining a library). [45] Simpson, Craig (25 March 2023). "Agatha Christie classics latest to be rewritten for modern sensitivities". The Telegraph . Retrieved 26 March 2023. a b c d e Curran, John (2009). Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making. London: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-200652-3.

Archibald Christie was born in 1889 in Peshawar in The British Raj, now Pakistan. His father, also called Archibald Christie, was in the Indian Civil Service. It is said that he was a judge; however, his death notice in The Law Times journal described him as a barrister. [1] His mother was Ellen Ruth "Peg" Coates, who is often mentioned in her daughter-in-law (Agatha)'s autobiography. Peg was born in Portumna, Ireland in 1862. Her father was Dr Samuel Coates (died 1879). [2] Her brother was in the Indian Medical Service, and she was staying with him when she met Archibald Christie (senior), [3] who was thirteen years older than she was. In 1888, at the age of 26, she married him. [4] The couple had two sons, Archie and Campbell.Christie used inspiration from her stay at the Old Cataract Hotel on the banks of the River Nile in Aswan, Egypt for her 1937 novel Death on the Nile Phukan, Vikram (4 December 2018). "Everyone loves an old-fashioned murder mystery". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021 . Retrieved 29 August 2020. Sorry, Harry Potter – it is Danielle Steel who casts the greatest spell over UK library readers". inews. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021 . Retrieved 3 October 2020. Agatha Christie – the explorer & archaeologist" (PDF). Agatha Christie Limited. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2009 . Retrieved 1 March 2012.

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The lure of the past came up to grab me. To see a dagger slowly appearing, with its gold glint, through the sand was romantic. The carefulness of lifting pots and objects from the soil filled me with a longing to be an archaeologist myself. Editorial Molino (Barcelona). The book was published Hardcover named "Autobiografía" and translated to Spanish by Diorki. 564 pp ISBN 84-272-1801-X In 2013, the Christie family supported the release of a new Poirot story, The Monogram Murders, written by British author Sophie Hannah. [116] Hannah later published three more Poirot mysteries, Closed Casket in 2016, The Mystery of Three Quarters in 2018., [117] [118] and The Killings at Kingfisher Hill in 2020. a b "Edgars Database – Search the Edgars Database". The Edgars. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019 . Retrieved 29 April 2020.

Hobbs, JD (6 August 1975). "Poirot's Obituary". US: Poirot. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020 . Retrieved 11 April 2020. Five record-breaking book facts for National Bookshop Day". Guinness World Records. 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2020 . Retrieved 28 April 2020. 78 crime novels have sold an estimated 2 billion copies in 44 languagesScott, Sutherland (1953). Blood in Their Ink. London: Stanley Paul. Cited in Fitzgibbon (1980). p. 19. Ulverscroft Large-print Edition, (2 volumes) Hardcover, 611 pp (Volume 1) and 535 (Volume 2), ISBN 0-7089-0255-3 (Both volumes) From 1971 to 1974, Christie's health began to fail, but she continued to write. Her last novel was Postern of Fate in 1973. [4] :368–72 [14] :477 Textual analysis suggested that Christie may have begun to develop Alzheimer's disease or other dementia at about this time. [74] [75] Personal qualities [ edit ] Christie at Schiphol Airport, 17 September 1964 People often ask me what made me take up writing ... I found myself making up stories and acting the different parts. There's nothing like boredom to make you write. So by the time I was 16 or 17, I'd written quite a number of short stories and one long, dreary novel. By the time I was 21, I finished the first book of mine ever to be published. Ella Creamer. " Agatha Christie statue takes seat on bench in Oxfordshire town". The Guardian, 11 September 2023.