Жизнь и деятельность Агата Кристи

Agatha Christie

Done by: Anna Aksyonova and Danila Suschenkov

Form 6-b

2016

Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

Agatha Christie was born in England, in September 1890. Her father, Frederic Miller, was an American actor .

When Mr. Miller died, Agatha's mother fell ill. Advised to seek a warmer climate, she chose Egypt and left for Cairo with Agatha, who was then 20.

By the 1970s Agatha Christie was regarded as the queen of detectives. She died in 1976 at the age of 85.She wrote 19 plays and many detectives. Her famous detective stories are ‘ Hercule Poirot`s Christmas’,’ Death in the clouds’, ‘Towards Zero’ and others.

It is impossible to say how many of her books have been sold, but it is more than a billion copies in English and another billion in 63 foreign languages. In 1995 her sales were still running at three million a year. She is the most published author of any time in any language, being outsold only by The Bible.

Hercule Poirot`s Christmas

Death in the clouds

Towards Zero

Murder on the Links

Big Four

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