""Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it." "
:: Rearranging the letters of 'Agatha
Christie's Poirot' gives:
A harsh egoistic patriot (by Jonathan Solomons)
:: Rearranging the letters of 'Dame Agatha Christie'
gives:
I am a right death case. (by Donald L. Holmes)
:: Agatha's full given name was Agatha Mary Clarissa
Miller.
:: She was born September 15, 1890 in Torquay, Devon on England's southwestern coast.
:: Her parents' names were Frederick and Clara,
and she had two older siblings named Madge and Monty.
:: Agatha was a bright child who had taught herself to read by the age of five.
:: From the ages of 15 - 17, Agatha attended French finishing schools.
:: In her school years, Agatha trained as a singer and pianist.
:: Agatha's father died when she was 11 years old.
:: She met Archie Christie in 1912 and they married December 24, 1914.
:: She was a nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment
of the Red Cross Hospital
at Torquay during the war in France.
:: Agatha's Daughter, Rosalind Christie, was born August 5, 1919.
:: Agatha's mother died in 1926.
:: In August of 1926, Archie moved out of the home later leading to their divorce.
:: Agatha met Max Mallowan, an archaeologist, in
1930 in Baghdad.
They later married and had 46 years together.
:: Agatha Christie died on January 12, 1976 at the age of 85.
:: Agatha Christie is the bestselling mystery novelist of all time.