Agatha Christie

A Very Elusive Woman

Lucy Worsley

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Hodder & Stoughton
28 November 2023

Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment; Biography: literary; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'

- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR

'A riveting portrait'

- GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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'Worsley's sparkling biography brings a fresh eye to Christie's life and work, firmly busting the myth that she, or her novels, were cosy.' Daily Mail

'Every Christie fan should read this' - The Times

'Shows the Queen of Crime in a new light.' - Daily Telegraph

'Worsley's book excels in bringing a broader historical perspective to Christie's life and work, and her enthusiasm is infectious.' - Observer

'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.

By: Lucy Worsley
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781529303919
ISBN 10: 1529303915
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 28 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lucy Worsley OBE is Chief Curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces and also presents history documentaries for the BBC. Her bestselling books include Queen Victoria, Jane Austen at Home, A Very British Murder, If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home, Courtiers, Cavalier and four historical novels for young readers. In 2019 her BBC One programme Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley won a BAFTA.

Reviews for Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman

Every Christie fan should read this. * The Times * Shows the Queen of Crime in a new light. * Daily Telegraph * Worsley's sparkling biography brings a fresh eye to Christie's life and work, firmly busting the myth that she, or her novels, were cosy. * Daily Mail *