Lord Edgware Dies, Agatha Christie
Lord Edgware Dies, Agatha Christie
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Lord Edgware Dies
A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Hugh Fraser

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/03/2012


Synopsis

When Lord Edgware Dies a most unnatural death, detective Hercule Poirot must solve a most confounding conundrum: if the obvious killer, the slain peer’s spiteful wife, didn’t do it, who did? A classic from the queen of mystery, Agatha Christie.When Lord Edgware is found murdered the police are baffled. His estranged actress wife was seen visiting him just before his death and Hercule Poirot himself heard her brag of her plan to “get rid” of him.But how could she have stabbed Lord Edgware in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? It’s a case that almost proves to be too much for the great Poirot.

About Agatha Christie

What a daunting task to write about the most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie. She was born in 1890 in England, where she was home schooled by her American father. It was an unusual way to be educated for the times. Her father did not want her to begin learning to read until age eight, but out of boredom, she taught herself to read by age five.

In his research, Curran found a plethora of information about Agatha. He outlines many of those interesting facts. Since there are so many, just a few will be mentioned here. Agatha could have been an excellent performer as a pianist, but she was much too shy to perform. She once had three plays running simultaneously in London. She traveled around the world in 1922, which would have been quite a feat back then. Agatha loved dogs. She has a rose named after her. She never did drink alcohol nor smoked. Her last public appearance was in 1974, at the premier of the movie, Murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie's name has appeared every day for 53 years in every newspaper with a West End London theatre listing. Her favorite flower was Lily of the Valley. The information about this illustrious author goes on and on. It is a great asset to readers that author John Curran wrote the definitive book about an iconic author. One other interesting fact was that Agatha met Archie Christie in 1912, married on Christmas Eve 1914, spending their honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, but Archie returned to France on Dec 27th due to the War. Agatha and Archie fid not really experience married life until he was posted at the London War Office. Agatha has been quoted as saying only then did she feel that her married life truly began.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on January 11, 2025

Which is a better title, in your opinion: Lord Edgware Dies or “Thirteen at Dinner”? It depends, you might say. When does Lord Edgware Die? Is it a spoiler? And what is the significance of the number thirteen, at dinner? Well to have thirteen guests at dinner is, according to superstition, unlucky. T......more

Goodreads review by Anne on June 08, 2024

It's probably safe to say you already know Lord Edgware doesn't make it to the end of the book. Who killed him is another matter entirely. This one is a great example of Agatha Christie at her finest when it comes to moving things around on the page, and fooling everyone as to who did what when, and......more

Goodreads review by Flo on August 24, 2024

[5.0⭐] 𝙇𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙀𝙙𝙜𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 es una novela detectivesca escrita por Agatha Christie en 1933. La historia se centra en Hércules Poirot, el famoso detective belga, que se enfrenta a un caso bastante complejo: el asesinato de un noble británico. Todas las pistas parecen señalar a su esposa como la......more

Goodreads review by Luffy Sempai on March 19, 2019

A book devoid of genius levels of narration but with the customary gusto of Agatha Christie is still a solid entry in the Hercule Poirot series. What enhanced the reading experience was the system of chapter allocation. Christie varies her ways of indenting her story from book to book. But this time......more

Goodreads review by Thibault on July 01, 2023

Jane Wilkinson is a talented young American actress who is unhappily married to Lord Edgware. She asks Hercule Poirot to talk to Lord Edgware, to get him to agree to a divorce. Hercule Poirot obliges. Which seems like a good thing, as some people seem convinced that Jane Wilkinson would kill her hus......more