Agatha Christie's true crime inspirations. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mike Holgate.
• Authors: Holgate, Mike
• Contents: Introduction -- 1. Agatha Christie: 'The Queen of Crime' -- 2. Jack the Ripper: Cat among the pigeons -- 3. Lady Nancy Astor: Appointment with death -- 4. Lizzie Borden: After the funeral -- 5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The hound of death -- 6. Oscar Wilde: A woman of no importance -- 7. Agatha Christie: The mysterious affair at Styles -- 8. Dame Gracie Fields: A murder is announced -- 9. Lord Carnarvon: The adventure of the Egyptian tomb -- 10. Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh: Dead man's folly -- 11. Robert Graves: Towards zero -- 12. Madge Watts: The claimant -- 13. Rudyard Kipling: The house surgeon -- 14. Dr Crippen: Three act tragedy -- 15. Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott: The adventure of the Christmas pudding -- 16. Billie Carleton: The affair at the Victory Ball -- 17. The sinking of the Lusitania: The secret adversary -- 18. Lawrence of Arabia: They came to Baghdad -- 19. Eden Phillpotts: Peril at End House -- 20. Charles Lindbergh: Murder on the Orient Express -- 21. Frank Vosper: Love from a stranger -- 22. Sir Christopher Lee: Murder is easy -- 23. Dennis O'Neill: The mousetrap -- 24. Klaus Fuchs and Bruno Pontecorvo: Destination unknown -- 25. Dame Margaret Rutherford: Murder most foul -- 26. Roy James: At Bertram's Hotel -- 27. Lord Mountbatten: The murder of Roger Ackroyd -- 28. Sir Peter Ustinov: Evil under the sun -- 29. Vanessa Redgrave: Agatha -- 30. Agatha Christie: Ordeal by innocence -- Bibliography and sources.
• Publisher Details: Stroud : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (192 pages)
• Subjects: 823.912; Crime -- England -- History -- 20th century; Crime -- England -- History -- 19th century; Crime in literature; TRUE CRIME; Crime; Crime in literature; Friendship; England; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Criticism and interpretation; Friends and associates
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780752475929; 0752475924
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.