Una muerte en el metro de Londres, una enigmática nota, un barco y unos diamantes son las piezas de un misterioso rompecabezas que solo la hija de un arqueólogo podrá recomponer.
Descubre una de las novelas más icónicas de "la Gran Dama del misterio" en el centenario de su publicación.
Anne Beddingfeld, hija de un eminente antropólogo que acaba de fallecer, es una joven en busca de aventuras. Estas, para su sorpresa, no tardan en llegar: en la estación de metro Hyde Park Corner de Londres es testigo de la muerte de la caída de un hombre a las vías. Un misterioso individuo de traje marrón, que asegura ser médico, examina el cuerpo y, tras confirmar que el hombre ha fallecido, desaparece entre la multitud dejando caer una nota con las misteriosas palabras «Kilmorden Castle». Al día siguiente, en el mismo barrio, una mujer desconocida aparece asesinada y Anne empieza a sospechar que ambos sucesos están relacionados. El misterio está servido.
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Newly-orphaned Anne Beddingfield is a lovely English girl hoping for a bit of adventure in London. Anne is on the platform at Hyde Park Corner tube station when a man falls onto the live track, dying instantly. A doctor examines the man, pronounces him dead, and leaves, dropping a note on his way. Anne picks up the note, which reads "17.1 22 Kilmorden Castle". The next day the newspapers declare that a gorgeous ballet dancer has been discovered dead there brutally strangled. A tremendous fortune in diamonds has disappeared. And now, aboard the extravagance liner Kilmorden Castle, spooky strangers loot her cabin and try to choke her.
What are they looking for? Why should they want her dead? Lovely Anne is the last person on earth suited to solve this mystery... and the only one who can! Anne's journey to untwist the mystery takes her as far afield as Africa and the strain mounts with every step... And Anne finds herself toiling to unmask a faceless assassin known only as 'The Colonel.' “A Colourful Murder Mystery”
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Nacida en Torquay en 1891, Agatha Christie recibió la típica educación victoriana impartida por institutrices en el hogar paterno. Tras la muerte de su padre, se trasladó a París, donde estudió piano y canto. Contrajo matrimonio en 1914 y tuvo una hija, pero su matrimonio terminó en divorcio en 1928. Dos años después, durante un viaje por Oriente Medio conoció al arqueólogo Max Mallowan, con quien se casó ese mismo año; a partir de entonces pasó varios meses al año en Siria e Irak, escenario de Ven y dime cómo vives (Andanzas 50, ahora también en la colección Fábula) y de alguna de sus novelas policiacas, como Asesinato en Mesopotamia o Intriga en Bagdad. Además del gran éxito de que disfrutaron sus célebres novelas, a partir de 1953 ganó celebridad con las adaptaciones teatrales de sus novelas en el West End londinense. En 1971 le fue concedida la distinción de Dame of the British Empire. Murió en 1976.
Born in Torquay in 1891, Agatha Christie received a typical Victorian education from governesses in her father's home. After her father's death, she moved to Paris, where she studied piano and singing. She married in 1914 and had a daughter, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1928. Two years later, during a trip to the Middle East, she met archaeologist Max Mallowan, whom she married that same year; thereafter, she spent several months a year in Syria and Iraq, the scene of Come and tell me how you live (Andanzas 50, now also in the Fábula collection) and some of her detective novels, such as Murder in Mesopotamia or Intrigue in Baghdad. In addition to the great success enjoyed by his famous novels, from 1953 onwards she gained fame with the theatrical adaptations of her novels in London's West End. In 1971 she was awarded the distinction of Dame of the British Empire. She died in 1976.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Una muerte en el metro de Londres, una enigmatica nota, un barco y unos diamantes son las piezas de un misterioso rompecabezas que solo la hija de un arqueologo podra recomponer. Descubre una de las novelas mas iconicas de "la Gran Dama del misterio" en el centenario de su publicacion. Anne Beddingfeld, hija de un eminente antropologo que acaba de fallecer, es una joven en busca de aventuras. Estas, para su sorpresa, no tardan en llegar: en la estacion de metro Hyde Park Corner de Londres es testigo de la muerte de la caida de un hombre a las vias. Un misterioso individuo de traje marron, que asegura ser medico, examina el cuerpo y, tras confirmar que el hombre ha fallecido, desaparece entre la multitud dejando caer una nota con las misteriosas palabras Kilmorden Castle. Al dia siguiente, en el mismo barrio, una mujer desconocida aparece asesinada y Anne empieza a sospechar que ambos sucesos estan relacionados. El misterio esta servido.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONNewly-orphaned Anne Beddingfield is a lovely English girl hoping for a bit of adventure in London. Anne is on the platform at Hyde Park Corner tube station when a man falls onto the live track, dying instantly. A doctor examines the man, pronounces him dead, and leaves, dropping a note on his way. Anne picks up the note, which reads "17.1 22 Kilmorden Castle". The next day the newspapers declare that a gorgeous ballet dancer has been discovered dead there brutally strangled. A tremendous fortune in diamonds has disappeared. And now, aboard the extravagance liner Kilmorden Castle, spooky strangers loot her cabin and try to choke her.What are they looking for? Why should they want her dead? Lovely Anne is the last person on earth suited to solve this mystery. and the only one who can! Anne's journey to untwist the mystery takes her as far afield as Africa and the strain mounts with every step. And Anne finds herself toiling to unmask a faceless assassin known only as 'The Colonel.' "A Colourful Murder Mystery" Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9786073914772
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Una muerte en el metro de Londres, una enigmatica nota, un barco y unos diamantes son las piezas de un misterioso rompecabezas que solo la hija de un arqueologo podra recomponer. Descubre una de las novelas mas iconicas de "la Gran Dama del misterio" en el centenario de su publicacion. Anne Beddingfeld, hija de un eminente antropologo que acaba de fallecer, es una joven en busca de aventuras. Estas, para su sorpresa, no tardan en llegar: en la estacion de metro Hyde Park Corner de Londres es testigo de la muerte de la caida de un hombre a las vias. Un misterioso individuo de traje marron, que asegura ser medico, examina el cuerpo y, tras confirmar que el hombre ha fallecido, desaparece entre la multitud dejando caer una nota con las misteriosas palabras Kilmorden Castle. Al dia siguiente, en el mismo barrio, una mujer desconocida aparece asesinada y Anne empieza a sospechar que ambos sucesos estan relacionados. El misterio esta servido.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONNewly-orphaned Anne Beddingfield is a lovely English girl hoping for a bit of adventure in London. Anne is on the platform at Hyde Park Corner tube station when a man falls onto the live track, dying instantly. A doctor examines the man, pronounces him dead, and leaves, dropping a note on his way. Anne picks up the note, which reads "17.1 22 Kilmorden Castle". The next day the newspapers declare that a gorgeous ballet dancer has been discovered dead there brutally strangled. A tremendous fortune in diamonds has disappeared. And now, aboard the extravagance liner Kilmorden Castle, spooky strangers loot her cabin and try to choke her.What are they looking for? Why should they want her dead? Lovely Anne is the last person on earth suited to solve this mystery. and the only one who can! Anne's journey to untwist the mystery takes her as far afield as Africa and the strain mounts with every step. And Anne finds herself toiling to unmask a faceless assassin known only as 'The Colonel.' "A Colourful Murder Mystery" Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9786073914772
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