Agatha Christie and archaeology
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Agatha Christie and archaeology
British Museum Press, 2001
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
"Works by Agatha Christie": p. [470]-471
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book, which accompanies a new international exhibition, should appeal to fans of crime novels, archaeology, the Orient and biography alike. Using sumptuous colour photographic illustration, this book sets out to recreate Agatha Christie's life in the Orient, with reference to both her novels and her personal diaries. Using artefacts and personal photographs from archaeological excavation, and her own accounts of travel and her relationship with archaeologist Max Mallowan, this book paints an unusual and striking picture of her as an intellectual, author and explorer. The influence of her experience can clearly be seen through her novels, such as "Murder on the Orient Express", which are not only set in an exotic landscape but also evoke the colour and feel of the Orient through her descriptions of costume, decoration and place. Using examples from both text and film, this book gives an insight into a fascinating woman who has captivated generations of readers with her skills as a suspense writer; a talent which has almost eclipsed in the public view her remarkable life.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Biography of Agatha Christie. Part 2 Max Mallowan. Part 3 Archaeology: the excavations - Ur, Nineveh, Arpachiyah, Chagar Bazar, Tell Brak, Nimrud
- Agatha Christie - Nimrud and Baghdad
- photography and filming on the sites. Part 4 Travelling: from Orient Express to desert bus
- on the track of happy days - an Oriental journey
- "Agatha's Arabs" - Agatha Christie in the tradition of British Oriental travellers. Part 5 Detective novels: murder in Mesopotamia
- Agatha Christie and her use of ancient Egyptian sources
- the detective and the archaeologist
- the rules of the game - Agatha Christie's construction of the detective story
- the archaeology of murder. Part 6 The films of Agatha Christie.
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