#Agatha christie poirot books series

Although dropped from many stage adaptations Poirot appears in the play Black Coffee.Дў6. ChristieвЂ™s parents decided on the name Agatha only minutes before arriving at her christening.Дў5. Christie was the president of the local amateur dramatic society in Wallingford, where she lived.Дў4. She was as successful a playwright as she was a novelist, a feat that no other crime writer has achieved.Дў3. During ChristieвЂ™s centenary year, 1990, a rose named Agatha was created.Дў2. The house is now a National Trust property and open to visitors.Дў1. The US Navy requisitioned ChristieвЂ™s home Greenway House, in Devon, during the second World War. Christie didnвЂ™t smoke, or drink alcohol.Дў0. Christie has sold over two billion books worldwide.ДЎ9. ChristieвЂ™s favourite colour was green.ДЎ8. When Hercule Poirot died in 1975, The New York Times gave him a front-page obituary, the only fictional character ever so honoured.ДЎ7. Her creation Mrs Ariadne Oliver, the detective novelist, is seen as her alter-ego.ДЎ6. Agatha Christie was a lifelong dog-owner.ДЎ5.

Although Margaret RutherfordвЂ™s portrayal of Miss Marple displeased Christie she dedicated The Mirror CrackвЂ™d from Side to Side to the actress.ДЎ4.

#Agatha christie poirot books series

At the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in May 2000, Christie was named Mystery Writer of the Twentieth Century and the Poirot novels Mystery Series of the Twentieth Century.ДЎ3.

In Cards on the Table Christie drew on her knowledge of Syria when naming the storyвЂ™s victim, Shaitana, which is Syrian for Satan.ДЎ2. The Queen of Crime also wrote six non-crime novels using the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.ДЎ1. ChristieвЂ™s first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles suffered rejection by six publishers until, five years after she began submitting it, Bodley Head agreed to publish.ДЎ0. In 1922 Christie travelled the world accompanying her husband, Archie, and his boss Major Belcher, on the Empire Expedition.Д©. Poirot was вЂњdroppedвЂќ from four stage adaptations of novels in which he starred: Death on the Nile, Appointment with Death, The Hollow and Five Little Pigs.ДЁ. In The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) Poirot had already retired from the Belgian police when he died in 1975 he was at least 120!Д§. Passenger to Frankfurt (1970) was her 80th book, published on her 80th birthday.Д¦. Creating not one but two hugely successful and famous detective characters is a feat not matched by any other crime writer.ДҐ. Dead ManвЂ™s Folly (1956) uses as setting ChristieвЂ™s own Greenway House and gardens.Д¤.

It was never ChristieвЂ™s intention to become a writer, but she was determined to rise to the challenge set by her sister Madge who had dared her to write a detective story.ДЈ. Christie has been outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible.Дў.

With Poirot-like diligence I have gathered together these 126 facts about the Queen of Crime to mark what would have been her 126th birthday last month:ДЎ. Authorised biographies appeared only long after her death and her own Autobiography is maddeningly offhand about her writing. Surviving radio documentaries feature mainly other people talking about her and her work. She rarely gave print interviews and steadfastly refused to appear on television or radio. Although her name is shorthand for вЂњmurder mysteryвЂќ and she is the most translated and biggest-selling writer in history, Agatha Christie shunned publicity.