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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. -
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. -
She married at the age of 24 during the First World War with an aviation pilot, who was the father of her only daughter. -
Birth of her daughter -
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. -
It features Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. -
The character Colonel Race is introduced in this novel. -
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. -
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. -
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 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 is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. -
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. -
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. -
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) -
Released in 1952, it has been performed continuously for 67 years. It is the most performed play in West End history. -
Declared Lady of the British Empire. -
She died in Wallingford, Oxgordshire (England) at the age of 85. She was buried in the Church of St. Mary of Cholsey. -
Her husband Max was died.