AGATHA CHRISTIE'S SECRET NOTEBOOKS - FIFTY YEARS OF MYSTERIES IN THE MAKING - SIGNED & PUBLICATION DATED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING.

CURRAN John

ISBN 10: 0007310560 / ISBN 13: 9780007310562

Published by HarperCollins / Harper Collins, London, 2009

About this Item

Signed & Publication Dated (3/9/09) by John Curran to the Title Page. Includes two unpublished POIROT Stories, The Book & Dust Jacket are in As New condition. This unread book is guaranteed to be a 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Publishers number 1 confirms that this book is a first printing. The Jacket, which has not been price clipped, is protected by archival protective covering. The book is professionally wrapped and packed with great care with bubble wrap and placed in a special book box to ensure that the book arrives at your destination in perfect condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S SECRET NOTEBOOKS - FIFTY YEARS OF MYSTERIES IN THE MAKING - SIGNED & PUBLICATION DATED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING.
• Publisher: HarperCollins / Harper Collins, London
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007310560
• ISBN 13: 9780007310562
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography
  • Crime Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Agatha Christie died in 1976 at 85, the world's most popular author. After the death of her only child, 73 handwritten notebooks came to light, from single jots to lists, to full outlines of memorable plots and characters, plus grocery and schedule memos from a bountiful creative mind - a complex web of connections to unravel and link. Actual notebook page reproductions. 2 unpublished Hercule Poirot short stories: "The Capture of Cerebrus", and "The Incident of the Dog's Ball".

From the Back Cover

When Agatha Christie died in 1976, at age eighty-five, she had become the world's most popular author. At the end of 2004, following the death of Christie's daughter, Rosalind, a remarkable legacy was revealed: seventy-three handwritten volumes of notes, lists, and drafts outlining all her plans for her many books, plays, and stories. Buried in this treasure trove, all in the beloved author's unmistakable handwriting, are revelations about her famous books that will fascinate anyone who has ever read or watched an Agatha Christie story.

Full of details she was too modest to reveal in her own autobiography, this remarkable book includes a wealth of excerpts and pages reproduced directly from the notebooks and her letters—plus, two complete, recently discovered Hercule Poirot short stories never before published.