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Agatha Christie: A Reader's Companion | 
 enlarge | Authors: Vanessa Wagstaff, Stephen Poole
Publisher: Aurum P.
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 249233
Media: Paperback
Pages: 224
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 7.6 x 0.6
ISBN: 1845132033
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781845132033
ASIN: 1845132033
Publication Date: October 1, 2006
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 For collectors or readers? January 26, 2008
Welsh Bookworm (Wales)
While I enjoyed the fascinating and sumptuous photography and the potted descriptions of Chrisie's books in this guide, the lengthy physical descriptions of the first editions of many of the books - page sizes, dust cover font type, lettering colour, binding type - make it more a collector's guide than a reader's guide in my opinion. The fact that the descriptions get shorter and shorter as the book goes on - for example, 8 pages for the first Poirot book(The Mysterious Affair at Styles), but only one paragraph for his final mystery (Curtain) makes the book feel a little unbalanced to me. Good points include the details of how the various stories were received by early critics, and interesting information about the various adaptations for stage and screen of the books. I appreciate the authors avoidance of 'spoilers', but would have enjoyed more discussion about the plots and final denouments - perhaps with a warning about 'spoilers' on the front cover for first time readers!
 An excellent aid April 4, 2006
L. L. M. Almenningen
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a fan of Agatha Christie and a voracious reader of her books, I was glad to see this book come on the market. Christie has written quite a few books (78) and keeping them all in order and apart is not always easy. Having this book in my library enables me to follow the story of the books and the time period in which they were written, in addition to making it possible for me to read the books in the order in which they were intended. For any fan of Agatha Christie, I would highly recommend this book.
Agatha Christie, A Reader's Companion February 21, 2006
Jared Cade
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A visually sumptuous coffee table book that will delight Agatha Christie's many fans. It reproduces many of the beautiful first edition jackets that so many afficionados dream of owning, in addition to many others photographs, including those taken by Agatha Christie and her husband Max on location in the Middle East.
A must-have for all Christie fans January 20, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you are an Agatha Chritie fan, your collection will not be complete without this book. This beautiful hard back is a summary of all the books ever written by Agatha Christie, in chronological order. Each summary includes the book background: any relevant facts from Agatha Christie's life and how she was inspired to write the story; the storyline (but the plot and who dunnit is *never* revealed!), and, for the collectors, pictures and descriptions of the original first edition book and jacket. There are also reviews from the time of first publishing and a mine of interesting period photos. I already know quite a lot about Agatha Christie's life and her writings, but I learnt even more thanks to this wonderful book. The delightful pictures in particular are very good to help one visualise the era for each story and to put everything in context.
This is definitely recommended to any Christie fan or to anyone who wants to know more about the first lady of crime but who doesn't want to read her (sometimes dreary) autobiography.
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