The Complete, Annotated Mysterious Affair at Styles - Softcover

Christie, Agatha; Peschel, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484010000 ISBN 13: 9781484010006

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

Why Would People Drink Strychnine For Their Health? What Does ‘English Beef and Brawn’ Mean? What Are Land Smocks? Spill Vases? Patience Cards? What Did Agatha Christie Think Of Jews? How Did A 25-Year-Old Woman Create One Of Mystery’s Greatest Detectives? Best-selling mystery writer Agatha Christie created intricate stories of murder and mayhem that have enchanted readers worldwide. Bill Peschel, author of The Complete, Annotated Whose Body? (by Dorothy L. Sayers) and Writers Gone Wild, illuminates the obscure references in Christie’s debut novel and tells the fascinating stories behind it and its creator. The Complete, Annotated Mysterious Affair at Styles contains: * Nearly 500 footnotes describing words, idioms, people, places and contemporary events. * Essays on Christie’s life and the world of Styles. * A detailed chronology of her life and work. * Lists of her novels and short-story collections, organized by year of publication and by detective. * A bibliography of resources, including books about Christie that will delight fans. “Though this may be the first published book of Miss Agatha Christie, she betrays the cunning of an old hand.” — The New York Times, Dec. 26, 1920

About this title

From the Author:

There are many editions of Christie's first novel out there, but this is the only one that was written for fans of classic mysteries and of Agatha Christie in particular. I love diving into the history behind the mystery, discovering why strychnine was used as a tonic, who Land Girls were, the meaning of a green baize door, and even why Christie made Poirot a Belgian.

About the Author:

BILL PESCHEL is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who uses his skills to discover "the history behind the mystery," whether annotating the fiction of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers, Victorian true crime, or Sherlock Holmes parodies and pastiches. He researched and collected stories about great writers published as "Writers Gone Wild" (Penguin), and is working on a sequel. He welcomes questions, comments and media requests at Peschel Press.

Over a long, prolific career, AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890-1976) created two iconic characters in the mystery genre - Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple - and wrote eighty crime novels and collections of stories, nineteen plays, six novels written as Mary Westmacott, an autobiography and a memoir, "Come, Tell Me How You Live." Her play, "The Mousetrap," is the longest-running play in history. Christie was awarded the CBE in 1956 and made a Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire, in 1971.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1484010000
• ISBN 13: 9781484010006
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 369