** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest HRF . Keating Award 'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrét' - GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR *'Christie lovers should read this biography pre   #039 ; - Times 'A model z hľadiska kombinácie biografických informácií, analýzy a literatúry criticizmus do propulsive narrative' - Daily Telegraph'Worsley's kniha excels v bringing a broader historického pohľadu na Christie's život a práce, a jej enthusiasm is infectious. ; - ObserverMs Worsley herself píše engagingly . - Economist'Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was.'Why did Agatha Christie spend jej career pretending that she bol 'just' ordinary housewife, keď clearly she wasn't? As Lucy Worsley says, 'She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. Svoje surfovanie v Havaji, slo loved fast cars, a she bol intrigued do nového vedenia psychológie, ktorý pomáhal jej prostredníctvom devastating mental illness. Či čo - despite all evidence to the contrary - did Agatha teraz herself ako retiring Edwardian lady of leisure? Sem bol born v roku 1890 do sveta, ktorý had jeho rules o what ženy could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biografie nie je úplne internalizovane obnovená bestselling writer. It's also story of človeka, ktorý despite obstátky class a rodu, became astonishingly successful working woman. S prístupom k osobným dopisom a papierom, ktoré majú rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography je široká, authoritative a otvára a urobí, že realita, ktorá mimoriadne pioneer Agatha Christie bola - truly a žena, ktorá sa udeje o dvadsať cen.