![]() Of her 66 detective novels, an astonishing 41 feature a murder or suicide by poison, and The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1921, even includes a young woman who works as a pharmacy dispenser. It was here that Christie learned all about poisons, a recurrent trope in her books. Between October 1914 and December 1916, she volunteered for the Red Cross, before training as a pharmacist at Torbay Hospital. A War is AnnouncedĪrchie was mobilised in August 1914, but Agatha didn’t spend the war weeping for her fiancé. In the end, her heart was captured by a dashing member of the Royal Flying Corps named Archibald Christie. at a hotel in Egypt! Agatha’s debut was a success, and after their return to England she was inundated with marriage proposals. ![]() ![]() ![]() Due to their reduced financial circumstances, she planned a budget coming out party. John Moffat as the moustachioed Hercule Poirot.Īfter sending Agatha to a succession of French finishing schools, in 1908 Clara decided that it was time for her daughter to be married. ![]()
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