The ideal social position in the England of the 1920s.ġ936 the McLeods left Mesopotamia and bought the house that is now theīeechwood. Profession that until now had been exclusively the preserve of men.Īgatha was a self-employed author, a divorcee and a single mother, not Qualify as a doctor, Margaret was working hard to earn respect in a Margaret and Agatha had a common bond, life was not straightįorward for either of them. Manchester University, Peter and Margaret McLeod. There, in the small ex-patĬommunity she met two young British doctors who had graduated from Iraq), she travelled on to Bagdad and Ur. The archaeological excavations in Mesopotamia (largely modern day Fascinated by the stories she had heard about In 1928, she made her first trip on the OrientĮxpress to Constantinople. Her books became more and more popular and sheīecame a famous author. Butīy 1926, her life was in tatters her mother had died and Archie leftĪgatha rebuilt her life. Happiness was complete when her daughter Rosalind was born in 1919. ‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’ was first On ChristmasĮve 1914, after a tempestuous romance, she married Archie Christie anĪrchie’s absence at the war, her sister Madge challenged her to write a Outgoing American father and a rather shy English mother. Mary Clarissa Miller was born on 15 September 1890 in Torquay to an Surprisingly, through a chance meeting and then a close and enduring friendship, Agatha had a close association with this house (then known as The Shrubs) which is now the Beechwood Hotel.
She is also the most translated individual author, her books have been printed in 103 languages. Only the Bible has sold more than her roughly four billion copies of novels.
Agatha Christie is the best-selling book writer of all time and with William Shakespeare, the best-selling author of any kind.
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