Agatha Christie went on a round the world tour in 1922 accompanying her husband at the time Archie Christie who was a financial adviser for the British Empire Exhibition. This is when she discovered her love of travelling. She made the most of this even down to surfing in Honolulu - what a woman she was definitely ahead of her time. What a fantastic opportunity for anyone to have.
Another mind-blowing fact about Agatha - her book Endless Night written in 1967 - in this book she writes as the first person a young working class man - and at this time she was aged 77. Absolutely amazing!
Yes, Agatha was good at 'time warping' her books. Curtain (published 1975) was written for the 'modern present" but she was actually in the 1940's, so she was kind of science-fiction writing as she had to predict the 'future' a bit.
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ReplyDeleteAnne, I do hope the new editions post this little trivia for the new readers. I do have to wonder if there is somewhere a different ending to "Curtain". Agatha would have had to write this in 1940 and never again have thought to re-edit her ending to this book - I find this hard to believe.
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