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Agatha Christie

By MCarmenP

  • Born

    Born
    Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born on September 15, 1890 in Torquay, Devon (England). She was the youngest daughter of the American stockbroker Fred Miller, and the British Clarissa "Clara" Boehmer.

  • Father

    Father
    Her father died in 1902 and as a result they decided to move to Paris, where Agatha began to study piano and become a great singer.

  • Archibald Christie

    Archibald Christie
    She married at the age of 24 during the First World War with an aviation pilot, who was the father of her only daughter.

  • Rosalind

    Rosalind
    Birth of her daughter

  • The Mysterious Affair at Styles

    The Mysterious Affair at Styles
    Life during the First World War led her to participate as a nurse in the Red Cross, and it occurred to her to write a detective novel. From this book she published a total of 2000 copies. Her manuscript was also bought by The Weekly Times newspaper.

  • The Murder on the Links

    The Murder on the Links
    It features Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings.

  • The Man in the Brown Suit

    The Man in the Brown Suit
    The character Colonel Race is introduced in this novel.

  • Divorce

    Divorce
    Agatha divorced Archibald due to a series of infidelities with his secretary, which led to a great deal of trauma over the next several years.

  • Disappearance

    Disappearance
    In August 1926, Archie asked Agatha for a divorce. He had fallen in love with Nancy Neele. On 3 December 1926, Christie disappeared from their home in Sunningdale. The following morning, her car was discovered. On 14 December 1926, she was located at the Swan Hydropathic Hotel in Harrogate, Yorkshire.

  • Second marriage

    Second marriage
    After her first divorce, she decides to travel to the East, and on that trip she meets Max Mallowan. At the age of 40, she married this archaeologist again.

  • The Thirteen Problems

    The Thirteen Problems
    The thirteen stories feature the amateur detective Miss Marple, her nephew Raymond West, and her friend Sir Henry Clithering. They are the earliest stories Christie wrote about Miss Marple. The main setting for the frame story is the fictional village of St Mary Mead.

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express
    Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

  • Death on the Nile

    Death on the Nile
    The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The action takes place in Egypt, mostly on the River Nile.The novel is unrelated to Christie's earlier short story of the same name, which featured Parker Pyne as the detective.

  • Appointment with Death

    Appointment with Death
    The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and reflects Christie's experiences travelling in the Middle East with her husband, the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. The main settings are Jerusalem and Petra.

  • And Then There Were None

    And Then There Were None
    The book is the world's best-selling mystery, and with over 100 million copies sold is one of the best-selling books of all time. It was described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. This novel has been listed as the sixth best-selling title (any language, including reference works)

  • The Mousetrap

    The Mousetrap
    Released in 1952, it has been performed continuously for 67 years. It is the most performed play in West End history.

  • British Empire

    British Empire
    Declared Lady of the British Empire.

  • Died

    Died
    She died in Wallingford, Oxgordshire (England) at the age of 85. She was buried in the Church of St. Mary of Cholsey.

  • Husband

    Husband
    Her husband Max was died.