The Mysterious Affair At Styles (BBC Audio Crime)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0563510315 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is 1916. Thus begins one of the great partnerships and friendships in the history of crime. With a thoroughness that is to become legendary, Poirot commences his first investigation in England. Captain Hastings has been invalided out of World War I and goes to convalesce at Styles Court, the family home of his great friend, John Cavendish. 2 hrs 30 mins.. By an extraordinary coincidence, billeted in the village is a brilliant little retired detective with an egg-shaped head, who made a considerable impression on the Captain when he was in Belgium. Fragments of a burnt will, a false black beard, and an empty packet of bromide
Styles Revisited Don Wardell Agatha Christie was living with her Mother and sister Madge in 1916 in her home town of Torquay, when Madge bet her sister that she could not wirite a detective story, a new art form at the time Agatha got half way through and was stuck, when her Mother said "go away to the moors on a hiking holiday, clear your head an. "BBC rocks!" according to Tootsie12. Love these audio presentations, it's like seeing a play in your mind. This one is very well done and keeps you guessing as Agatha always manages to do. Great enjoyment!. The Mysterious Affair at Styles Beeanie4 Loved, loved, loved this book. I am more of a Miss Marple fan than H. Poirot, but this book was great, I listened to it two times!! Beeanie4
During the World War I she worked as a hospital dispenser, where she gleaned the working knowledge of various poisons. Agatha Christie was born in 1890. In 1930 the sharp-witted spinster sleuth Miss Marple made her first appearance in Murder at the Vicarage. In all, Agatha Christie published 80 crime novels and short story collections. However, it was not until the p
However, it was not until the publication of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd that Agatha Christie’s reputation was firmly established. Her first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1920, followed over the next six years by four more detective novels and a short story collection. Agatha Christie was awarded a CBE in 1956 and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1971. During the World War I she worked as a hospital dispenser, where she gleaned the working knowledge of various poisons. She died in 1976.. In 1930 the sharp-witted spinster sleuth Miss Marple made her first appearance in Murder at the Vicarage. In all, Agatha Christie published 80 crime novels and short story collections. About