1890/09/15 |
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller is born at home, Ashfield (razed) on Barton Rd in Torquay, Devon, England. |
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Torquay |
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Agatha Christie's Birthday |
1895/00/00 |
Since her mother had decided Agatha should not learn to read until age 8, Agatha teaches herself to read at age 5 by struggling through the 228 page "The Angel of Love" by L T Meade. Agatha reads while hiding in her sister's tree at Ashfield. |
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1896/00/00 |
Now that her mother lets her read everything, Agatha reads and rereads her favorite author, Mrs Molesworth, especially "Tell Me a Story", "Cuckoo Clock", "The Tapestry Room" and "The Carved Lions". |
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The Cuckoo Clock |
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1897/06/00 |
Seeking a cure for his angina, Frederick Miller takes his family to the Sanctuary Our Lady of Lourdes. From here, the family will continue on to the mountain town of Cauterets. |
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Grotte de Massabielle |
Lourdes |
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1902/00/00 |
Agatha enjoys 'The Prisoner of Zenda' to the extent she memorizes passages. "I fell deeply in love - not with Rudolph Rassendyll, as might be expected, but with ...." - AC |
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The Prisoner of Zenda (book) |
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1903/12/25 |
The Watts and Miller families celebrate the first of many annual Christmases. Their traditional diner is a six-course feast of oyster soup, fillet of turbot, roast turkey, beef sirloin, plum pudding, mince pie, trifle and a selection of six desserts. |
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Abney Hall |
Cheadle |
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1906/00/00 |
Accompanying May Sturges to Italy, Agatha spends one month in Italy where she tours Santa maria del Fiore in the Piazza San Giovanni. |
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Florence Cathedral |
Florence |
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1906/00/00 |
Agatha admires Michelangelo's David at the Accademia Gallery. She finds the Uffizi Museum so spectacular that she returns multiple days to sit and admire. |
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Uffizi Gallery |
Florence |
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1908/01/00 |
Sailing on Egyptian Mail Steamship Co's SS HELIOPOLIS, Clara Miller and Agatha begin their Cairo holiday. "Mother tried to broaden my mind by taking me occasionally to the Museum, and also suggested we should go up the Nile and see the glories of Luxor." |
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Gezirah Palace Hotel, Cairo |
Cairo |
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1908/02/00 |
Agatha Miller visits the Sphinx riding horse back. "Luxor, Karnak, the beauties of Egypt, were to come upon me with wonderful impact about twenty years later. How it would have spoilt them for me if I had seen them then with unappreciative eyes." AC |
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Great Sphinx |
Giza |
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1908/02/00 |
"Oh no, mother, oh no, don't let's go away now. There's the fancy dress dance on Monday, and I promised to go on a picnic to Sakkara on Tuesday... " Agatha Miller |
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Step Pyramid of Zoser |
Memphis and its Necropolis |
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1908/03/00 |
Agatha Christie visits Cairo and the Pyramids in Giza. After the trip, Agatha will be inspired to write a novel, Snow Upon the Desert. Set in Cairo, the novel remains unpublished. |
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Great Pyramid of Khufu |
Giza |
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1909/10/00 |
Minnie Saltzman-Stevens performance in the Ring cycle at Covent Garden Theater leaves Madge Watts mesmerized and her sister, Agatha Miller in tears. |
Audience member |
Der Ring des Nibelungen |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
London |
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1912/10/12 |
Agatha Miller meets Archie Christie, a fair young man, with crisp curly hair, a rather interesting nose and a great air of careless confidence about him. "We got on very well, he danced splendidly and .... I enjoyed the evening thoroughly." AC |
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Ugbrooke Park |
Chudleigh |
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1914/12/24 |
Newlyweds Agatha and Archie Christie honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, Devon. |
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The Grand Hotel |
Torquay |
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1916/00/00 |
While volunteering in a makeshift Torquay hospital dispensary during World War I, Agatha Christie begins writing "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". |
Author |
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (book) |
The Town Hall |
Torquay |
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1918/00/00 |
Agatha and Archie Christie move into their first house, 5 Northwick Ter (lost), St John's, London. Destroyed by a bomb in WW2, Nos 9 and 10 are prewar construction. |
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1920/00/00 |
Archibald and Agatha Christie move to South Kensington, London. |
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Christie Residence, Cresswell Pl |
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1920/10/00 |
"The Mysterious Affair at Styles" by Agatha Christie is published by John Lane in the United States. |
Author |
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (book) |
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1922/03/24 |
Agatha and Archie Christie begin a long weekend at Victoria Falls. |
Visitor |
The Man in the Brown Suit (book) |
Mosi-oa-Tunya, Victoria Falls |
Town of Victoria Falls |
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Trade Mission to Promote the British Empire Exhibition |
1922/03/24 |
Agatha and Archie Christie begin a long weekend at Victoria Falls. |
Visitor |
The Man in the Brown Suit (book) |
Mosi-oa-Tunya, Victoria Falls |
Zambia |
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Trade Mission to Promote the British Empire Exhibition |
1922/07/00 |
The bombastic Major Belcher, his sinister secretary Francis Bates, Mr Hiam, the root-vegetable expert from East Anglia, his twitchy daughter Sylvia and the Christies sail into Wellinton. |
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Wellington |
New Zealand |
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Trade Mission to Promote the British Empire Exhibition |
1922/08/06 |
Archie and Agatha Christie arrive at Pier 7 in Honolulu, on the Canadian Australian Royal Mail Steamship Co's MAKURA and hail a taxi for the Moana Hotel. |
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Honolulu Harbor |
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Trade Mission to Promote the British Empire Exhibition |
1922/08/06 |
After checking into their rooms at the Moana Hotel, Archie and Agatha Christie change into their swimsuits, rush down to the beach, rent surfboards and hit the waves. |
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Moana Surfrider |
Honolulu |
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Trade Mission to Promote the British Empire Exhibition |
1922/08/10 |
The 2nd time in the water, the waves tear Agatha silk bathing suit. In the hotel gift shop, she buys a "skimpy, emerald green wool bathing dress, which was the joy of my life, and in which I thought I looked remarkably well. Archie thought I did, too." |
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Moana Surfrider |
Honolulu |
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Trade Mission to Promote the British Empire Exhibition |
1923/00/00 |
Agatha Christie writes her first Tommy and Tuppence short story, "The First Wish". |
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The First Wish (short story) |
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1923/00/00 |
Lord Churston host regular visitor Agatha Christie at his home, Churston Court. |
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Churston Court |
Churston Ferrers |
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1923/05/23 |
"The Chocolate Box" is published in The Sketch Magazine, Issue 1582, as 'The Clue of the Chocolate Box'. |
Author |
The Chocolate Box (short story) |
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1924/11/00 |
"Philomel Cottage" appears in issue 237 of The Grand Magazine. |
Author |
Philomel Cottage (short story) |
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1925/01/31 |
"The Witness for the Prosecution" is published in Flynn's Weekly (Vol IV, No 2) under the title "Traitor Hands". |
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The Witness for the Prosecution (short story) |
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1926/06/19 |
"The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie is published in the United Kingdom by William Collins, Sons. |
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd |
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1927/02/04 |
Agatha, Rosalind and Charlotte Fisher arrive at the Gran Hotel Taoro in Puerto de la Cruz (today's Taoro Park where the Anglican Church and British Library remain). Agatha completes "The Mystery of the Blue Train" and sends it to her publisher. |
Author |
The Mystery of the Blue Train (book) |
Canary Islands |
Spain |
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1927/02/27 |
The Christies move to the island of Gran Canaria and stay at the Metropole Hotel (btn Santa Catalina Pier and the city, opposite Santa Catalina beach). Agatha begins writing 'The Companion', which is set on Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria. |
Visitor |
The Companion (short story) |
Canary Islands |
Spain |
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1927/03/04 |
Agatha Christie, Rosalind and Charlotte Fisher sail back to England by steamboat. |
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1928/00/00 |
Agatha Christie travels on the Simplon-Orient Express to Istanbul. From Istanbul she journeys on to Damascus then to Baghdad. |
Life |
Murder on the Orient Express (book) |
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1930/00/00 |
Agatha Christie and Max move to 47-48 Campden Street, Kensington, London. Christie will write Murder on the Orient Express, Peril at End House and Lord Edgware Dies, The Murder at the Vicarage, The Sittaford Mystery and Why didn't they ask Evans? here. |
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Mallowan Christie Townhouses, London |
London |
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1930/00/00 |
Detection Club is created by writers: Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Ronald Knox, Freeman W Crofts, Arthur Morrison, John Rhode, Jessie Rickard, Baroness Emma Orczy, R Austin Freeman, G D H Cole, Margaret Cole, E C Bentley, Henry Wade and H C Bailey. |
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1930/00/00 |
Standing on the train platform in Calais, Agatha Christie slips on ice and falls underneath an Orient Express train. A porter pulls her up from the track before the train starts moving. "It was luck that she lived to write the book." Max |
Life |
Murder on the Orient Express (book) |
Calais |
Hauts-de-France |
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1930/00/00 |
"The Murder at the Vicarage" is published. |
Author |
The Murder at the Vicarage |
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1930/12/08 |
Agatha Christie's first play, "Black Coffee", premieres at the Embassy Theatre in Swiss Cottage with Francis L Sullivan as Poirot and featuring Donald Wolfit. |
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Black Coffee (play) |
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1931/00/00 |
Agatha Christie and the Orient Express train halts as the tracks are flooded during a storm. "My darling, what a journey! Started out from Istanbul in a violent thunder storm. We went very slowly during the night and about 3 AM stopped altogether." AC |
Life |
Murder on the Orient Express (book) |
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1932/02/00 |
Agatha Christie's "Peril at End House" is published by Dodd, Mead and Company. |
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Peril at End House (book) |
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1933/00/00 |
Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" is published in the US in a six-installment serialization in the Saturday Evening Post, under the title, "Murder on the Calais Coach". |
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Murder on the Orient Express (book) |
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1933/00/00 |
On board the Thomas Cook steamer SUDAN, Agatha Christie spends three days in Luxor. |
Visitor |
Death on the Nile |
Luxor |
Egypt |
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1934/00/00 |
Renting out the house in Campden Street, Mallowan and Agatha Christie move to No 58 Sheffield Terrace in Kensington, London. She will write 16 novels whilst living here. |
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Sheffield Terrace W8 |
London |
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1934/00/00 |
Max Mallowan and his wife, Agatha Christie, buy Winterbrook House in the parish of Cholsey, Oxfordshire. |
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Winterbrook House, Cholsey |
Cholsey |
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1934/05/34 |
Agatha Christie makes a 20 minute radio broadcast, reading "Miss Marple Tells a Story" on the BBC's National Programme. |
Author |
Miss Marple Tells a Story (short story) |
Broadcasting House |
London |
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1935/00/00 |
Mrs Mallowan will regularly attend services at St Mary's for the next 40 or so years. |
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Church Of St Mary |
Cholsey |
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1935/05/25 |
Illustration by Michael Bernard, "Miss Marple Tells a Story" is published in Vol 3, Issue 64 of the weekly UK magazine Home Journal under the title "Behind Closed Doors". |
Author |
Miss Marple Tells a Story (short story) |
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1936/01/06 |
"The ABC Murders" is published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club. |
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The ABC Murders |
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1936/12/00 |
Christie's "Murder in the Mews" finds a welcome stall in the Woman's Journal. |
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Murder in the Mews (mezzobula) |
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1937/00/00 |
"Death on the Nile" is published. |
Author |
Death on the Nile |
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1937/03/15 |
"Murder in the Mews and Other Stories" is published in the United Kingdom by Collins Crime Club. |
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Murder in the Mews and Other Stories |
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1937/07/05 |
"Dumb Witness" by Agatha Christie is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club. |
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Dumb Witness |
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1938/00/00 |
Agatha Christie and her husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan, buy Greenway House. |
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Greenway House |
Kingswear |
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1938/00/00 |
"Appointment with Death" is published. |
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Appointment with Death |
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1938/00/00 |
"Hercule Poirot's Christmas" is published. |
Author |
Hercule Poirot's Christmas (book) |
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1939/11/06 |
"Then There Were None" is published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins, as "Ten Little Niggers". |
Author |
And Then There Were None (Christie book) |
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1940/00/00 |
Agatha Christie frequents the Torbay Picture House. Reportedly Seat 2, Row 2 of the circle was her favorite seat. |
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Torbay Cinema |
Paignton |
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1940/00/00 |
Agatha Christie writes "Curtain" during World War II and locks it in a safe for future publication. |
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Curtain: Poirot's Last Case |
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1940/00/00 |
Agatha Christie writes "Sleeping Murder" during World War II and saves it for future publication. |
Author |
Sleeping Murder: Miss Marples Last Case |
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1941/00/00 |
Max Mallowan and Agatha Christie are forced out of their Sheffield Terrace home by aerial bombings. |
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Sheffield Terrace W8 |
London |
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London Blitz |
1941/00/00 |
Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan live at Isokon Flats between 1941 and 1947. |
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Isokon Flats, London |
Hampstead |
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1942/00/00 |
"The Body in the Library" is published. |
Author |
The Body in the Library |
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1942/05/00 |
"Five Little Pigs" by Agatha Christie is published, $2.00 retail, in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company under the title of "Murder in Retrospect". |
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Five Little Pigs |
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1944/10/00 |
Agatha Christie's "Death Comes as the End" is published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company. |
Author |
Death Comes as the End |
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1948/00/00 |
The Mallowans take flat 48 at Swan Court in London where they will enjoys dinners with neighbor, actress Sybil Thorndike. |
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Swans Court, London |
London |
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1948/03/00 |
"Taken at the Flood" by English writer Agatha Christie is published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company as "There is a Tide", retailing at $2.50. |
Author |
Taken at the Flood (book) |
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1949/03/00 |
Christie's "Crooked House" is published in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company. |
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Crooked House |
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1950/02/28 |
Part one of Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced" is published in the Daily Express. |
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A Murder is Announced |
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1952/00/00 |
"Mrs McGinty's Dead" is published. |
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Mrs McGinty's Dead |
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1952/10/06 |
Directed by Peter Cotes, "The Mousetrap" holds its world premiere at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham. Agatha Christie considers the Theatre Royal a lucky theatre for her shows. |
Playwright |
The Mousetrap (play) |
Theatre Royal, Nottingham |
Nottingham |
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1954/00/00 |
Christie writes "Hercule Poirot And The Greenshore Folly" as a fund raiser for her church at Churston Ferrers, Church Of St Mary The Virgin. Instead of publishing it, Christie expands the story into a full-length novel, "Dead Man's Folly". |
Author |
Hercule Poirot And The Greenshore Folly (book) |
Church Of St Mary The Virgin |
Churston Ferrers |
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1954/10/00 |
Agatha Christie's short story "Murder at the Vicarage" is auctioned as "Sanctuary" to raise money for the Westminster Abbey Restoration Appeal. |
Benefactor |
Sanctuary (short story) |
Westminster Abbey, London |
London |
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1958/00/00 |
"The Unexpected Guest" has a try-out at the Bristol Hippodrome. |
Author |
The Unexpected Guest: A Play In Two Acts |
Bristol Hippodrome |
Bristol |
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1958/08/12 |
"The Unexpected Guest" opens in London's West End at the Duchess Theatre. |
Author |
The Unexpected Guest: A Play In Two Acts |
Duchess Theatre |
London |
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1958/10/29 |
"The Dressmaker's Doll" is published in Canada in the Star Weekly magazine. |
Author |
The Dressmaker's Doll (short story) |
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1960/09/25 |
The first of two installments of Christie's "The Theft of the Royal Ruby" is serialized in the weekly newspaper supplement 'This Week' magazine with illustrations by William A Smith. |
Author |
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (short story) |
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1962/00/00 |
"The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" is published. |
Author |
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side |
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1964/00/00 |
"A Caribbean Mystery" is published. |
Author |
A Caribbean Mystery |
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1967/00/00 |
"Endless Night" is published. |
Author |
Endless Night |
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1973/10/00 |
Last novel written by Agatha Christie, "Postern of Fate", is published. |
Author |
Postern of Fate |
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1974/03/00 |
Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" moves from the Ambassadors to the St Martin's, where it continues its run today, holding the record for the longest continuously running show in the world. It has been preformed over 27,500 times. |
Playwright |
The Mousetrap (play) |
St Martins Theatre |
London |
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1974/11/21 |
Directed by Sidney Lumet, Queen Elizabeth II and Agatha Christie attend the Royal World Charity Premiere of the "Murder on the Orient Express" film at the ABC Shaftesbury Ave, London. It will be Christie's last public appearance. |
Author |
Murder on the Orient Express (book) |
Former Saville Theatre |
London |
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1975/09/00 |
"Curtain" is published. |
Author |
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case |
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1976/00/00 |
"Sleeping Murder" is published. |
Author |
Sleeping Murder: Miss Marples Last Case |
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1976/01/12 |
Agatha Christie dies peacefully and gently, leaving Max with a feeling of emptiness after 45 years of a wonderful marriage. |
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Winterbrook House, Cholsey |
Cholsey |
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1976/01/16 |
Vicar of Cholsey, Rev Philip Pare, officiates a private funeral, attended by family and close friends, for Agatha Christie, at Chosley Parish Church, Wallingford, Berkshire, England. She is buried in the north west corner of the churchyard. |
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Church Of St Mary |
Cholsey |
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1979/10/00 |
"Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories" is published in the UK by Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins. |
Author |
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories |
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2013/10/13 |
"Hercule Poirot And The Greenshore Folly" by Agatha Christie is published by HarperCollins. |
Author |
Hercule Poirot And The Greenshore Folly (book) |
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