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Lucy Worsley
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By:
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Lucy Worsley
About this listen
'Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was.'
Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was 'just' an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? As Lucy Worsley says, 'She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness.
So why - despite all the evidence to the contrary - did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure?
She was born in 1890 into a world which had its own rules about what women could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biography is not just of an internationally renowned bestselling writer. It's also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman.
With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was - truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.
Critic Reviews
'Paint(s) an intriguing picture of Christie.' - Guardian
'Ms Worsley herself writes engagingly... She combines an almost militant support for her subject with a considered analysis of her books and plays.' - Economist
'Admirably scrupulous' - New York Times
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- Meredith Izon
- 10-02-2024
Insightful, revealing biography with Lucy's trademark enthralling narration!
Thorough, insightful and balanced description and review of Christie's life and her works. Lucy Worsley brings to vivid life the worlds of her subjects in ways that few other manage to do. This work enhanced my understanding of Christie as a writer and a woman and the complexity of her works across the decades. I highly recommend this book to others!
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- Dudley
- 17-09-2022
A wonderful story
Thank you, Lucy Worsley, for bringing Agatha Christie to life in such a wonderful way.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-01-2023
Enjoyable and thoughtful
I recommend this thoughtful audiobook, read by the author, to all Agatha Christie fans. It gives some insight into the person Agatha was and the world she lived in. It gives credit to her amazing and unrivaled contribution to detective writing and explains where many of the ideas in her stories originated.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-01-2023
Great contextual overview
The personality of Christie comes through really well, for her brilliance, prejudices and flaws. As a great historical biography does, we see Agatha’s actions in the the contemporary context we do often fail to note in the age of twitter and social media. A conservative woman indeed, but also one that normalised the age of the female crime writer as one capable of complex, twisting plots and curious characters. Her works can stand the test of time with little modification and continue to entertain and sell widely. Great storytelling by Lucy Worsely. Perhaps a little long and the early chapters feel somewhat bland. But I understood Christie so much better now, alongside the little understood issue of mental health which I believe describes her famous disappearance. Well worth it.
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- Meg Rowse
- 01-05-2024
engaged me all the way
style of writing and delivery had me happily listening all the way through, just like all documentaries by this my favourite of all historians!
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- Deirdre E Siegel
- 23-09-2022
Exciting :-)
Lucy Worsley has used her exuberance and learned skill to fill in the murky spots, any die-hard fan of the consummately unapologetic Agatha Christie wanted clarified.
This is a listen again thank you Lucy Worsley, much appreciated :-)
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- Matgood Toothews
- 20-10-2022
Brilliant!a
Loved this. Thanks for doing it. Lucy, you are Brilliant and so it seems is Agatha!
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- melanie
- 25-01-2023
A great reappraisal of a life will lived
A great reappraisal of the life and work of an undeniably great writer. Thank you Lucy Worsley for this book which puts Agatha where she should be amongst the great literary crafts people.
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- Crystal
- 03-01-2024
Illustrious life well written and narrated
Always been a fan of Lucy Worsley and her documentaries. Though this is the first time I've listened to her books.
I think Lucy Worsley gives Agatha fair game for many ups and downs in her life. I've not read a Christie novel before but I might try after finishing this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-11-2022
Fascinating and entertaining
What a fascinating life! Lucy Worsley brings together what feels like a thorough telling. And she’s an absolute joy to listen to. Really enjoyed it.
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