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Christie's family and family trusts, including great-grandson James Prichard, continue to own the 36% stake in Agatha Christie Limited, [89] and remain associated with the company. In 2020, James Prichard was the company's chairman. [98]
Following the funeral of Richard Abernethie, his family assembles at Enderby Hall for the reading of the will by his lawyer, Mr Entwhistle. His wealth is to be divided up between his surviving family: his brother Timothy Abernethie and his wife Maud; his sister Cora Lansquenet; his nephew George Crossfield; his first niece Rosamund Shane, and her husband Michael; his second niece Susan Banks ...
Colonel Archibald Christie CMG DSO (30 September 1889 – 20 December 1962) was a British businessman and military officer. He was the first husband of mystery writer Dame Agatha Christie; they married in 1914 and divorced in 1928. They separated in 1927 after a major rift due to his infidelity and obtained a divorce the following year.
The Conservatory on the right of the back of the house showing the palm trees which were described by Agatha. Agatha was particularly fond of the garden and described it in depth. Some of the features she outlines can be seen in the Ordnance map above. "There was a kitchen garden, bounded by a high wall which abutted on the road.
Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Christie was born on 5 August, 1919 in her grandmother's home, Ashfield, Torquay. Her father, Archie Christie, was a military officer previously in the Royal Flying Corps. [1] In 1914, he married aspiring writer Agatha Christie, daughter of Frederick Alvah Miller and Clarissa Miller.
Crooked House is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1949 [1] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 23 May of the same year. [2] The action takes place in and near London in the autumn of 1947.
The Scotsman of 9 May 1938 said, "As usual, Miss Christie plays fair with her readers. While the solution comes with a shock of surprise, it is logical enough: the clues are there, one could fasten upon them and assess their importance. Perhaps it is another case of the reader being unable to see the wood for the trees; but there are so many trees.
The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock (US edition, Pegasus Books, 2015, ISBN 9781605989099) Jane Austen at Home (Hodder & Stoughton, 2017, ISBN 9781473632189) Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow (Hodder & Stoughton, 2018, ISBN 9781473651388)