Agatha Christie: Rad

One Brilliant Woman Writing About Another: An Irresistible Combination. - Antonia FraserOne Of The Most Delightful Biographies I Have Ever Read. - A.N. WilsonReading Worsley Is As Enjoyable As Reading Christie Herself. - Ruth ScurrFull Of Unique Insight, Eye Opening Detail, Sharp Analysis... Gripping. - Kate WilliamsNobody 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 WasnT? 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 CouldnT Do. Lucy WorsleyS Biography Is Not Just Of An Internationally Renowned Bestselling Writer. ItS 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 WorsleyS 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.