Agatha Christie: the finished portrait

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Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 : The Miller Family; 2 : Early Life; 3 : A Love of Storytelling; 4 : A Creative Imagination; 5 : The Allure of Danger; 6 : Terrifying Dreams; 7 : Who was The Gunman?; 8 : Writing, Music and Drama; 9 : Archie; 10 : Brother Monty and the First World War; 11 : The Dispensary and the First Book; 12 : Poison!; 13 : Married Life with Archie; 14 : More Ingredients for Stories; 15 : Rosalind; 16 : Literary Success but Problems Loom; 17 : Unfinished Portrait: Agatha in Depth; 18 : Agatha Disappears; 19 : The Mystery Deepens.;Annotation Cover Title Page Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1 : The Miller Family 2 : Early Life 3 : A Love of Storytelling 4 : A Creative Imagination 5 : The Allure of Danger 6 : Terrifying Dreams 7 : Who was The Gunman? 8 : Writing, Music and Drama 9 : Archie 10 : Brother Monty and the First World War 11 : The Dispensary and the First Book 12 : Poison! 13 : Married Life with Archie 14 : More Ingredients for Stories 15 : Rosalind 16 : Literary Success but Problems Loom 17 : Unfinished Portrait: Agatha in Depth 18 : Agatha Disappears 19 : The Mystery Deepens. 20 : Agatha is Found21 : Agatha's Own Story 22 : From Styles to Harrogate, a Reconstruction of the Journey 23 : Agatha Transformed 24 : The Mystery Solved? 25 : Divorce 26 : Recovery 27 : Motivation, Inspiration, Perspiration 28 : Homeliness, Tradition and Village Life 29 : Gardening and Flowers 30 : Theatre and Objets d'art 31 : Nursery Rhymes, Poetry and Literature 32 : A Fascination with Trains 33 : The Occult 34 : Englishness 35 : The Middle East Max, a New Life 36 : Middle Eastern Mysteries 37 : Faith, Good and Evil 38 : Latter Years 39 : Epilogue Bibliography Plates.