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Agatha Christie's True Crime Inspirations
Agatha Christie's True Crime Inspirations | Mike Holgate
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The true scandals, crimes, and murders that inspired the works of the Queen of Crime, and affected those around her Fact proves far stranger than fiction in this collection of events that either influenced the works of the worlds most popular mystery writer or affected the lives of many famous personalities involved in her long career. These include the exploits of Jack the Ripper, which inspired the serial killings in The ABC Murders; the kidnapping in Murder on the Orient Express was based on a family tragedy that befell aviator Charles Lindbergh; The Mirror Cracked was dedicated to the Miss Marple actress Margaret Rutherford, whose father was committed to an asylum for murder, and Hercule Poirot actor Peter Ustinov was interviewing Indira Gandi when the Indian leader was assassinated. The twist in the plot for The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was suggested by Lord Mountbatten; while his son-in-law Lord Brabourne produced a series of star-studded Christie film adaptations before the two men became victims of an IRA bomb attack. There are also examples of how her books themselves became the unknowing inspiration for real life crimes, or how people reading them have been inspired to solve crimes.
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jenniferw88
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November stats. Have tagged the best book, although I thought I had read more this month. On the plus side I only have 5 more books to read to reach my Goodreads goal!

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jenniferw88
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#bookaboutbooks completed for #NFNov @rsteve388 @Clwojick 5 🌟

46 +5 = 51 +1 = 52pts

Clwojick 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 5y
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#TIL that some people believe that the above historical figures are #frozen in time, waiting to rescue the UK! #NFNov #MOvember @Cinfhen @rsteve388 @Clwojick

42 +3 = 45 +1 = 46pts

TrishB They‘re not 😱😱 5y
jenniferw88 @TrishB 🤣🤣🤣❤ 5y
TrishB Someone needs to be stepping up 😁 5y
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rsteve388 4 pts 5y
Velvetfur That would be great if they all came back together and saved us - King Arthur most of all though! 5y
Cinfhen Hmmmmm, interesting!!! 5y
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kezzlou85
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This was a good read if a little chaotic at times but I actually enjoyed it. There were some interesting links to real crime and also some details about her personal life.

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I love Agatha Christie and her books are some of my favourites. Plus it's a huge link to my mum who has sadly passed away because she loved them too. This is a look at how dome of her novels were inspired by a true events.

rubyslippersreads Agatha Christie makes me think of my mom too, because she loved and introduced me to the books. 😊 7y
kezzlou85 Aww how lovely. They're some amazing books. My mum collected most of them and I have them now x 7y
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JazzFeathers This looks soooo interesting! 7y
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