The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia

by Matthew Bunson

Book Overview

Which poison was used most frequently in Agatha Christie's novels? How many of her novels featured a butler? Exactly where on the train were the suspects located in Murder on the Orient Express? How many actors have portrayed Hercule Poirot?
Get a clue...or a lot of them, in
THE COMPLETE CHRISTIE
simply the most comprehensive guide to the life and works of the immortal Dame Agatha Christie.
Join author Matthew Bunson, whose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671028316
• ISBN13: 9780671028312
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent resource

I found this book an excellent source of information about the writings of Agatha Christie. A short essay covers each of the works including short stories. There is also a large section covering the characters from each of the books and stories. In addition there is a section on movies, plays and TV productions of the various stories. Some of the plots are given away a bit if you read up on the characters, etc. before you read the book. Read the book first and find out more about it from this resource afterwards. I find this an extra tool to bring more enjoyment from the writings of Agatha Christie.

Great Guide With No Story Spoilers

A very straight-forward guide to the characters and stories of Agatha Christie. One of the best things about this book is that it does not spoil any of the mysteries. Plots are briefly recapped and characters lightly sketched, but the endings are never revealed. One or two character entries might provide clues as to "who done it," but other than that, this is a great book.

Invaluable tome for Christieholics

If you are a Christie fan you must have this book. Once you start dipping you will not stop and once you start to cross-reference you'll end up being late for work. This dedicated addition to the Christie files is just great. It contains not only references to just about every character that ever appeared in a book by Agatha christe but has film references, T.V. references. (Will somebody please help me find the now lost "Agatha Christie Hour" programmes) as well as theatrical references.If you buy only one non-fiction Chritie reference book you will not be dissapointed with Matthew Bunson's brilliant hommage as no better critique could you find than a dedicated fan who would go to this much trouble. Thanks, Matthew, hope you sell loads

Everything you wanted to know about Christie

Let me start out by saying I have not read every page in this homage to the great Ms. Christie. Instead, over the past few couple of weeks I have looked up the detailed descriptions of items of interest to me like the list of television shows, stage performances, and movies created from one of Ms. Christie's works. That is the beauty of thisencyclopedia. Fans of the author and readers of mysteries can easily pick and choose their personal preferences. Besides the above, Matthew Bunson provides a detailed synopsis of each novel and short story, and a brief description of each character (I cannot argue if it is not complete) that ever appeared in one of these works.THE COMPLETE CHRISTIE: AN AGATHA CHRISTIE ENCYCLOPEDIA is a fun piece of work that will provide much enjoyment to fans of Ms. Christie. Perhaps the only drawback to this wonderful book is a lack of a table of contents tied to the wonderful listings in the appendices that would enable casual fans to do even more specific digging.Harriet Klausner