Whodunnit? The British Library did it. That’s, deliberate an exhibition devoted to the queen of crime fiction, Agatha Christie. The present in London later this 12 months (30 October-20 June 2027) guarantees to “go behind the books to discover how Christie’s life, travels and pursuits knowledgeable her work and the creation of her iconic characters”, revealing the creator behind basic detective novels similar to Homicide on the Orient Categorical and Loss of life on the Nile.
Agatha Christie underneath a tree on Honolulu seashore after browsing, 1922 © The Christie Archive Belief
The exhibition contains images of Christie as a baby, along with her household at their house in Torquay on England’s south coast, and “curler skating with buddies”. Different fascinating nuggets shall be displayed, together with images capturing Christie browsing in Hawaii in 1922 alongside a duplicate of the surfboard used. (Who knew?) Christie has been immortalised by artists and sculptors, together with Elisabeth Hadley, who unveiled her effigy of the crime supremo—alongside her favorite canine, Peter—in Torquay final 12 months.
