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- If life sometimes imitates art, one great example is the mysterious disappearance of famous crime novelist Agatha Christie. In 1926, the Englishwoman disappeared for 11 days, spurring a nationwide search. Feared dead, she was eventually discovered alive, supposedly suffering from amnesia.
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Jun 11, 2019 · On a cold December night in 1926, Agatha Christie went out in her beloved Morris Cowley roadster and didn’t return home for 11 days. Here’s how her disappearance played out.
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The reason for Agatha’s disappearance has been hotly contested over the years. Suggestions ranged from a nervous breakdown brought on by the death of her mother and embarrassment of her husband’s affair, to a cynical publicity stunt to promote the successful but still little known author.
Following the breakdown of her marriage and the death of her mother in 1926, she made international headlines by going missing for eleven days. During both World Wars, she served in hospital dispensaries, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the poisons that featured in many of her novels, short stories, and plays.
Nov 21, 2022 · If life sometimes imitates art, one great example is the mysterious disappearance of famous crime novelist Agatha Christie. In 1926, the Englishwoman disappeared for 11 days, spurring a nationwide search. Feared dead, she was eventually discovered alive, supposedly suffering from amnesia.
Nov 26, 2020 · On Friday 3 December 1926, the English crime novelist Agatha Christie vanished from her home in Berkshire. It was the perfect tabloid story, with all the elements of one of Christie's own 'whodunnit' mysteries.
Oct 3, 2022 · The famous 11-day disappearance of writer Agatha Christie in the 1920s has long bamboozled biographers, but the mystery may now finally be solved.
Sep 14, 2015 · How Mrs Agatha Christie, wife of Colonel Archie Christie of Sunningdale, had gone missing on the evening of Friday 3rd December.
