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N or M? is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1941 [1] [2] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November of the same year. [3] The US edition retailed $2.00 [2] and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). [3]
- Plot Introduction
- Characters
- Literary Significance and Reception
- Cultural References and References to Other Works
- Mi5 Investigation of Christie
- Adaptation
- Publication History
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After the outbreak of the Second World Warand many years after they worked for British intelligence, middleaged Tommy and Tuppence Beresford feel useless and sidelined. Then, Tommy is approached by a secret agent named Grant to go undercover once more. Grant tries to find German spies and fifth columnists but is hampered by traitors within British ...
Sans Souci
1. Tommy Beresford- Sometimes using the name Mr. Meadowes 2. Tuppence Beresford- Sometimes using the name Mrs. Patricia Blenkensop 3. Major Bletchley 4. Mrs Sprot and daughter Betty Sprot 5. Mr Cayley and wife Mrs Cayley 6. Carl von Deinim- A German refugee 7. Miss Sophia Minton 8. Mrs O'Rourke- An Irish woman 9. Mrs Perenna and daughter Sheila Perenna 10. Maids, Beatrice and Martha
Others at Leahampton
1. Commander Haydock - A retired Naval officer, resided at Smugglers' Rest next to Sans Souci 2. Appledore 3. Inspector Brassey 4. Vanda Polonska- A Polish refugee 5. Monroe 6. Ashby 7. Marsh 8. Mr Walters 9. Dr Curtis
Others
1. Albert Batt- The Beresfords’s ex-manservant 2. Deborah Beresford- One of Tommy and Tuppence’s twins 3. Derek Beresford- One of Tommy and Tuppence’s twins 4. Anthony Marsdon- Deborah’s colleague 5. Mr Grant- Tommy’s handler 6. Farquhar 7. Miss Meadowes 8. Mrs Calfont 9. Mr Carter 10. Maureen 11. Arthur Sprot 12. Patrick Maguire 13. Hahn 14. Derek's friends, Gus and Trundles 15. Aunt Gracie 16. Edward Robbins 17. Colonel Andrews 18. Charles 19. Mrs Rowley 20. Gladys 21. Selina 22. Anna 23. Otto
Maurice Willson Disher's review in The Times Literary Supplement of 29 November 1941 began by saying, "To believe that N or M? is not Miss Agatha Christie's best is difficult while the first fine anxious rapture of her latest story is still troubling the mind." He concluded, "The point is reached when you begin to fear for your own sanity on catchi...
In the book there are references to the first Tommy and Tuppence book, The Secret Adversary. For example, in chapter 1 Tuppence remembers how they saved a girl, found the secret document, etc. When...An important clue is the nursery rhyme Goosey Goosey Gander. This is later recalled in the last Tommy and Tuppence book Postern of Fate.Around 1941 or 1942, the British intelligence agency MI5 temporarily investigated Christie herself as she had named one of her characters in this novel as a certain Major Bletchley. MI5 was afraid that Christie had a spy in Britain's top-secret codebreaking centre, Bletchley Park. MI5's fears were eventually assuaged when Christie revealed to Dilly...
The UK television channel BBC One began airing a 3-part adaptation of "N or M?" on August 16, 2015. The adaptation was aired as part of the Partners in Crimeseries.
1941: Dodd Mead and Company (New York), 1941, Hardback, 289 pp1941: Redbookmagazine, condensed form, Mar 19411941: Woman's Pictorial, abridged, serialisation in 7 parts from 26 Apr 19411944: N or M?, Jonathan Press MysteryJ13, abridged, Lawrence Spivak, 1944.Czech: N či M?(N or M?)French: N ou M?(N or M?)German: Rotkäppchen und der böse Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood and the Bad Wolf) (since 1960), first edition in 1945: Das Haus der Mrs. Perenna(The Guesthouse of Mrs. Perenna)Portuguese (Brazil): M ou N?N or M? It is World War II, and while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay, Britain faces an even more sinister threat from ‘the enemy within’ – Nazis posing as ordinary citizens. With pressure mounting, the Intelligence service appoints two unlikely spies, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford.
Jun 8, 2021 · His mission is to identify two key enemy operatives known only as N and M, who, according to the last dying words of the murdered secret agent, have something to do with Sans Souci, a guesthouse in Leahampton.
N or M? is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in 1941. After the outbreak of the Second World War and many years after they worked for British intelligence, middle aged Tommy and Tuppence Beresford feel useless and sidelined.
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Jan 23, 2019 · In N or M?, many years have passed, and the twins, Deborah and Derek, are both young adults. N or M? was published in 1941, in the midst of WWII, and, at the beginning of the book, Tommy and Tuppence are feeling their age.
Feb 5, 2018 · N or M? is an excellent Christie novel, more wartime espionage than the usual murder mystery we associate her with, it’s a brilliant little page turner, featuring an adorable couple.
