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Agatha Christie Research Paper

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April 7, 2016 Jannina Alpizar Agatha Christie, also known as the "Queen of Crime," was a very well known detective novelist, short story writer, and play writer (www.thefamouspeople.com). She is known to be one of the best selling writer of all time. Many of her books sold over four billion copies (www.biographyonline.net). Agatha Christie's books were translated into way over 103 languages, making her the most widely translated author (www.famousauthors.com). She was inspired to write thanks to her mother. Agatha Christie was born on September 15, 1890, in Torquay, Devon, England. She was born to her parents, Frederick Alvah Miller and Clarissa Margaret Boehmer. Agatha's full name was Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller. …show more content…

She was also skilled in playing several musical instruments. Later throughout the years, she studied to be a classical musician, but it seemed that writing was her calling (www.historyextra.com). Agatha was a quick learner and she could basically teach herself how to do anything. She was a very independent young woman. In the year of 1901, Agatha's father, Frederick Alvah Miller, passed away at the age of fifty-five due to several heart attacks. One year later, in 1902, Agatha decided to go to Miss Guyer's Girls' School, which was an all girls school (www.historyextra.com). In 1905, two years later, Agatha decided to pack up her things and move to France to study vocals and to learn how to play the piano (www.biography.com). She then attended three different Parisian schools. She lived in France for five years before moving back to England in 1910 …show more content…

A man named Arthur Hastings was sent back to England from World War I because he was injured. He was invited to stay at the Styles Court with his friend John Cavendish. Hastings met John's parents and everything seemed as calm as possible. Suddenly, John's mother, Emily, is found poisoned and she was dead. They hired an old friend and investigator, Hercule Poirot. Poirot discovered so many secrets that were yet to be told. The family did not like Emily's husband, Alfred, because he was about twenty years younger than her and they all thought that he was just with her because she had a lot of money. A lot of drama went down with the family. Soon after a while of investigating the crime scene and the family, Hercule Poirot came to the conclusion that Mary, John's wife, murdered Emily because she thought that Emily was hiding a note that talked about how John was having an affair with someone else. She broke into Emily's room to find the letter. She then put strychnine poisoning in Emily's drink, and Emily got really sick and died. He also found a note that was written by Alfred, which meant he also had something to do with Emily's

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