Agatha Christie's true crime inspirations. (2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Agatha Christie's true crime inspirations. (2011)
- Main Title:
- Agatha Christie's true crime inspirations
- 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.
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