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Glancey, Jonathan (17 November 2001). "Forbidden pleasures". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021 . Retrieved 28 April 2020. Archibald Christie was born in 1889 in Peshawar in The British Raj, now Pakistan. His father, also called Archibald Christie, was in the Indian Civil Service. It is said that he was a judge; however, his death notice in The Law Times journal described him as a barrister. [1] His mother was Ellen Ruth "Peg" Coates, who is often mentioned in her daughter-in-law (Agatha)'s autobiography. Peg was born in Portumna, Ireland in 1862. Her father was Dr Samuel Coates (died 1879). [2] Her brother was in the Indian Medical Service, and she was staying with him when she met Archibald Christie (senior), [3] who was thirteen years older than she was. In 1888, at the age of 26, she married him. [4] The couple had two sons, Archie and Campbell. Mrs Christie Found in a Yorkshire Spa". The New York Times. 15 December 1926. p.1. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013 . Retrieved 16 September 2009. For information on Christie's book originally titled Ten Little Niggers, see And Then There Were None.a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Thompson, Laura (2008), Agatha Christie: An English Mystery, London: Headline Review, ISBN 978-0-7553-1488-1

Agatha Christie: 'Queen of Crime' Is a Gentlewoman". Los Angeles Times. 8 March 1970. p.60, quoted in Gerald (1993), p. 4. Sir Peter Blake's new Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album cover". BBC. 13 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017 . Retrieved 21 July 2018. In 1946, Christie said of herself: "My chief dislikes are crowds, loud noises, gramophones and cinemas. I dislike the taste of alcohol and do not like smoking. I do like sun, sea, flowers, travelling, strange foods, sports, concerts, theatres, pianos, and doing embroidery." [76] People often ask me what made me take up writing ... I found myself making up stories and acting the different parts. There's nothing like boredom to make you write. So by the time I was 16 or 17, I'd written quite a number of short stories and one long, dreary novel. By the time I was 21, I finished the first book of mine ever to be published. Gross, John (2006). The New Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes. Oxford University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0199543410.Curran, John. "75 facts about Christie". The Home of Agatha Christie. Agatha Christie Limited. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017 . Retrieved 21 July 2017. The notice placed by Christie in The Times (11 December 1926, p.1) gives the first name as Teresa, but her hotel register signature more naturally reads Tressa; newspapers reported that Christie used Tressa on other occasions during her disappearance (including joining a library). [45] After he left school, he passed the entrance exam to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and, in 1909, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. [7] He then joined the 138th Battery Royal Field Artillery. He wanted to be a pilot so he paid for private lessons in the Bristol Flying School at Brooklands and gained his aviators' certificate on 12 July 1912. [8] He met Agatha Miller when he was invited to a ball on 12 October 1912 by Lady Clifford at her grand home Ugbrooke House in Chudleigh. A description of her meeting with Christie is given by Agatha in her autobiography: a b c d e Gillian, Gill (1990). Agatha Christie: The Woman and Her Mysteries. New York City: The Free Press. ISBN 002911702X.

In 2015, marking the 125th anniversary of her birth date, 25 contemporary mystery writers and one publisher gave their views on Christie's works. Many of the authors had read Christie's novels first, before other mystery writers, in English or in their native language, influencing their own writing, and nearly all still viewed her as the "Queen of Crime" and creator of the plot twists used by mystery authors. Nearly all had one or more favourites among Christie's mysteries and found her books still good to read nearly 100 years after her first novel was published. Just one of the 25 authors held with Wilson's views. [163] Book sales [ edit ] Christie's works have been adapted for cinema and television. The first was the 1928 British film The Passing of Mr. Quin. Poirot's first film appearance was in 1931 in Alibi, which starred Austin Trevor as Christie's sleuth. [186] :14–18 Margaret Rutherford played Marple in a series of films released in the 1960s. Christie liked her acting, but considered the first film "pretty poor" and thought no better of the rest. [14] :430–31 Wiseman, Andreas (1 October 2019). "Fox & Kenneth Branagh's All-Star Agatha Christie Movie 'Death On The Nile' Begins Production In UK". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019 . Retrieved 1 November 2023. The Details of this Strange Case ..." Classic Lodges. 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019 . Retrieved 27 October 2019. Agatha Christie Inspires Video Game". writerswrite. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020 . Retrieved 1 October 2020.In April 1913, Lt Christie was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, and he became a flying officer with No. 3 Squadron based at Larkhill. Unable to continue flying because of sinus problems, he became a transport officer, also in the Royal Flying Corps. [10]