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Overview"""Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was."" Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was ""just"" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, ""She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern."" She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why--despite all the evidence to the contrary--did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure? She was born in 1890 into a world that had its own rules about what women could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biography is not just of a massively, internationally successful writer. It's also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman. With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realize what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was--truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lucy Worsley , Lucy WorsleyPublisher: Tantor Audio Imprint: Tantor Audio Dimensions: Width: 13.40cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 17.00cm Weight: 0.045kg ISBN: 9798212061452Publication Date: 08 September 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsWorsley's narration is crisp and clear, convincingly authoritative and vividly entertaining. In this production, as in her historical television programs, Worsley exhibits a quixotic sense of humor and demonstrates a zest for her subject.-- AudioFile "Worsley's narration is crisp and clear, convincingly authoritative and vividly entertaining. In this production, as in her historical television programs, Worsley exhibits a quixotic sense of humor and demonstrates a zest for her subject.-- ""AudioFile""" Author InformationLucy Worsley, OBE, is chief curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces. She also presents history documentaries for the BBC. Her bestselling books include Queen Victoria, Jane Austen at Home, The Art of the English Murder, and If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home. In 2019, her BBC One program Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley won a BAFTA. She lives in England. Lucy Worsley, OBE, is chief curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces. She also presents history documentaries for the BBC. Her bestselling books include Queen Victoria, Jane Austen at Home, The Art of the English Murder, and If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home. In 2019, her BBC One program Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley won a BAFTA. She lives in England. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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