Christie, Archibald, meets AC, 212; engagement, 215–20; in First World War, 226–7, 246–7; marriage, 233–8; living in London, 260–88; on round-the-world tour, 289–92, 294–6, 298–9, 302–5, 362; falls ill in Canada, 303–4; character, 309; employment, 309–10, 319–20, 336; golfing, 320, 336, 342–3; and Monty, 325, 353; and AC’s driving, 332–3; and AC’s writing, 333; and Rosalind, 343, 352, 360; cars, 343; estrangement and divorce, 349–55, 360; and Rosalind’s wedding, 488
Christie, Campbell, 219, 235, 354
Christie, Rosalind see Hicks, Rosalind
Churston Ferrers, 513
Clifford family, 212
Cochran, Charles, 182–3, 472
Cochran, Evelyn, 182–3
Collins, William, Sons & Co. Ltd., 342, 413
Colton, Thornley (fictional character), 433
Come, Tell Me How You Live (Agatha Christie Mallowan), 466, 500–501
Cork, Edmund, 319, 510
Craik, Captain, 170
Cresswell Place, London, 390, 422
Croft, Freeman Wills, 433
Crooked House, 520
Crow, Mr (singing-master), 121
‘Cuckoo’ (Rosalind’s nannie), 308–9, 312–14
Damascus, 369–70
Daniel (house-boy), 525–6
Death Comes as the End, 498
Derby, Lord, 247
Dickens, Charles, David Copperfield, 15; The Old Curiosity Shop, 49
Dinard, 81, 84–7
Ditchburn, Mr, 394–5
Ditchburn, Mrs Elsie, 394–5
Draper, Ruth, 437
Druce, Beda, 385
Druce, Pam, 385–6
Dryden, Miss (schoolmistress), 158, 162–3
Du Maurier, Gerald, 434, 472
Dunne, J. W., Experiment with Time, 379
Dwyer, Colonel, 380, 383–4, 398, 401
Egypt, ancient, as subject of novel, 335, 496–8
Elizabeth II, Queen, 321, 531
Ellis, Dr, 247
Ellis, Mrs, 247–8
Elsie, Lily, 192
Emma (parlourmaid), 240
Evening News, The, 319
Ferguson, Amy, 390
Fisher, Charlotte (‘Carlo’), engaged as secretary-governess, 339–42; father’s illness, 348, 352; accompanies AC to Canaries, 353, 357, 362; and Rosalind, 361, 408, 420; friendship with, 385, 410; on AC marrying Max, 418–19; and AC’s writing, 432; and AC’s houses, 467, 491; war work, 487
Fisher, Mary, 340, 418–19, 432, 467
Francis, St., 25
Freeman, R. Austin, 433
Froudie (parlourmaid), 67, 89–90
Fürster, Charles, 159, 163–4
Gallagher (driver at Nineveh), 461–2
Gertrude Bell School of Archaeology, 522
Giant’s Bread (‘Mary Westmacott’), 470–2
Gielgud, John, 335
Glanville, Stephen, 485, 494–7
Godden, Rumer, 409
Graves, Robert, 317
Greece, 424–7
Greene, Graham, 409, 505
Greenway House, Torquay, 479–81, 484, 490–2, 507–9
Griffiths, Arthur, 212–3
Guernsey, 87–8
Guyer, Miss (schoolmistress), 150–1
Hamilton, Robert, 522, 524, 527
Hannaford (gardener), 490–91
Hannah (cook), 56, m, 129
Hartnell, Miss (fictional character), 434
Hastings (fictional character), 342
Hearn, Mr (dentist), 331
Helder, Romaine (dramatic character), 516
Helmsley, Reg, 219–20, 235–8
Helmsley, William, 219, 236
Henschell, Irene, 472
Hibberd, Captain, 174–5
Hickey, Miss (dancing teacher), 100–101, 173
Hicks, Anthony, 511
Hicks, Rosalind (formerly Prichard; née Christie; AC’s daughter), 43, 171; birth, 266–7; stays with Madge, 287; presents and toys, 303, 312–13, 320, 330, 359–60; separation from, 307–8, 385; and nannies, 308–9, 312–15, 317, 337–9; character and behaviour, 315-16, 337–8, 357, 407–8; development, 330, 337–8; at dentist’s, 331; relations with father, 343, 352, 360; relations with mother, 352–3; and parents’ divorce, 355; education, 355–7, 360, 475–7; in Canary Islands, 357, 359–60, 362, 408; measles, 386–7; pneumonia, 405, 407; and Freddie Potter, 414; and Max, 416–17, 420; on mother’s writing, 431–2; and mother’s return from Middle East, 466–7; and Ashfield House, 470; as critic of mother’s work, 473; comes out, 477; career, 477; in Syria, 479; in war, 485; marriage to Hubert Prichard, 487–8; son born, 492,494; husband killed, 501–2; AC writes book for, 509; AC gives film rights to, 513; AC’s memories of, 531
Hogg, Miss (schoolmistress), 157
Hollow, The, 472–3, 475, 510
Home, Margaret, 76
Honolulu, 289, 298–301
House of Beauty, The (short story), 193
House at Shiraz, The, 441
Howe, Commander, 361, 364, 378–9
Howse, Miss (editor at Bodley Head), 283
Hudson, Verity, 518
Huntley, Gertrude see Stabb, Gertrude
Huxley, Mrs, 121
Huxley, Dr, 121, 123
Huxley, Enid, 121–3
Huxley, Mildred, 121–3
Huxley, Muriel, 121–3
Huxley, Phyllis, 121–3
Huxley, Sybil, 121–3
Hyam, Mrs, 292
Hyam, Mr, 292
Ingram, Bruce, 281–2
James, Henry, 50
Jane see Rowe, Jane
Jerome, Jenny (later Lady Randolph Churchill), 18
Jessel, Patricia, 516
Jordan, Dr, 463, 465–6
Joseph (cook), 525
Kappel, Gertrude, 197
Kipling, Rudyard, 50
Kon, George, 337
Kon, Nan (formerly Pollock; née Watts), 117–18, 136, 138–9, 263, 336–7, 470–71
Korbay, Francis, 196
Lane, Allen, 283
Lane, John, 276–7, 280, 283
Lang, Andrew, 56
Laughton, Charles, 430, 434, 472
Laurent, Mme, 476–7
Layard, Sir Austen Henry, 456, 522
Leacock, Stephen, 263
Le Roux, Gaston, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 210, 256, 282
Legrand, Mme (piano-teacher), 153–4, 157
Leno, Dan, 140
Lewis (parlourmaid), 104
Lifford, Lord (Captain Hewitt), 51
Limerick, Countess of, 163
Llewellyn, Miss, 271–2
Lob, Washington, 156
Lockwood, Margaret, 519
Lonely God, The (short story), 193
Lord Edgware Dies, 437, 455
Lucas, Dr, 358–9
Lucy (cook), 240, 267–9, 275, 278
Lucy, Berkely, 133–4
Lucy, Blanche, 134
Lucy, Fairfax, 134
Lucy, Marguerite, 134, 192
Lucy, Muriel, 134
Lucy, Reggie, 134, 205–8, 211–12, 217
MacGregor, Lady, 51
Mackintosh, Ernest, 84
McLeod, Crystal, 482
MacLeod, David, 482–4
MacLeod, Peggy, 399, 482, 484
MacLeod, Peter, 399
Mallowan, Sir Max, war service, 33, 494, 505–7, 509; tours Loire, 171; and Guilford Bell, 295; and Arabs, 374; AC meets and travels with, 391–407; and Katharine Woolley, 392, 401, 420–21, 427, 429–30; visits AC at Ashfield, 413–15; proposes to AC, 415–18; marriage and honeymoon, 422–7; returns to Ur, 427–9; reads AC’s books, 431; work at Nineveh, 451–66, 528; sets up house in England, 467–70; on AC’s photography, 478; on Tell Brak, 479; in Home Guard, 483; joins R.A.F., 485; and Mathew Prichard, 504; returns home on leave, 506, 531; AC writes book for, 509; academic career, 521; excavates Nimrud, 522–4, 527; Nimrud and its remains, 456, 522
Mallowan, Mrs Frederick (Max’s mother), 406, 430–31
Man in the Brow
n Suit, The (originally Mystery of the Mill House; also called Anna the Adventurer), 311, 315, 317–19, 329, 331
Marie see Sijé, Marie
Markham, Miss (French governess), 70
Marple, Miss Jane (fictional character), 433–6, 509
Mary (maid), 240–1
Mary, Queen (consort of George V), 510
Massie, Hughes, 196, 319, 330, 342, 433
Matthews, Mrs Addie, 181–3
Matthews, Tom, 182–3
Mauhourat, Mile (French teacher), 71–2
Meek, Mrs, 358
Mellor, Max, 192, 213
Mestrovi, Ivan, 423
Metropolitan Museum, New York, 522
Meyer, Bertie, 472
Michael (house-boy), 526
Miller, Mrs (‘Auntie-Grannie’ AC’s grandmother), brings up AC’s mother, 17–18; home in Ealing, 38–40, 136, 148; and AC, 40–41, 140, 169, 241, 260; and Sunday dinner, 42–4; and health, 48–9; AC stays with, 56–7, 62; and Queen Victoria’s funeral, 57–8; porcelain collection, 69; figure, 76; and Clara Miller, 95; and Fred Miller’s death, III; and birth of Madge’s son, 125; and religion, 141; and doctor, 158; and May Sturges, 187; ageing, 209–10; and courtship, 214–15; financial position of, 217–18; moves to Ashfield, 242–6; dies, 279; inspires Miss Marple, 435–6; prophetic powers, 435–6
Miller, Clara (AC’s mother), nature of, 15–16, 21, 75–6, 91, 95; marriage, 16–20; and AC, 24, 27, 34, 36, 38, 61, 78–9, 85, 103, 147–50, 174, 184, 188, 192–3, 200–202, 204, 235, 260, 278, 288; and religion, 25; and education, 25–6, 70–5, 98; and family portraits, 32; and Monty, 35–6; and Henry James, 50; and Madge, 54–5, 104, 133; and journey to Pau, 68–9; at Pau, 70; and Lilian Pirie, 86–7; and Tony, 89; and Torquay regatta, 108; and husband’s death, 110–13; and Madge’s wedding, 115, 117; and Ashfield, 116; health, 118–19, 165–6; and birth of Madge’s son, 125–6; and Jack, 135; at Abney, 136, 138; financial position of, 147, 217–18; in Paris, 151–7; in Cairo, 168–74; and May Sturges, 186; failing eyesight, 209, 219; and Archie Christie, 213–14, 216, 237–8; and ‘Auntie-Grannie’, 245; and Rosalind Christie, 267, 287–8; nostalgia for, 307; and Monty’s return from Africa, 324–7; as elderly woman, 340; death, 346; temperament, 430; and own mother, 435
Miller, Frederick Alvah (AC’s father), nature of, 15–16; marriage, 16–20; and religion, 25; portrait of, 32; and AC, 34, 55, 69–70, 85, 114; financial affairs of, 66–7, 103, 110; collections, 69; and engagement of Marie, 74; riding with AC, 77–9; and Monty, 82, 114–15; and Piries, 86–7; illness, 102–3; and James Watts, 107; and Torquay regatta, 108; death, 110–13, 116, 133; and Madge, 114; on holiday, 166
Miller, Louis Montant (Monty; AC’s brother), birth of, 19; and his mother, 21; in childhood, 21–2; education, 25; portrait of, 32; and AC, 34–6; nature of, 47, 82–3; and Madge, 55; and playroom, 61; and native servant, 64; and theatre, 107; and his father, 114–15; army service, 115, 324, 381; and rabbit, 265; on leave, 288; African boat enterprises, 322, 324; extravagance, 323; return to England, 324–7, 353; Col Dwyer on, 380–2; death, 381–3
Miller, Madge see Watts, Madge
Miller, Nathaniel (AC’s grandfather), 17, 66, 218
Molesworth, Mrs, 56
Montant, Auguste, 115
Morgan, Mrs Pierpont, 305
Morris, Eileen, 189–90, 355
Morton, Michael, 434
Moss, Fletcher, 139
Mosul, 80, 399, 522, 526
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 342
Mousetrap, The (play; formerly Three Blind Mice), 510–12; 10th anniversary party, 516–17
Moving Finger, The, 520
Murder in the Vicarage, 433–4
Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The, 342, 376, 431, 433, 437; adapted as Alibi, 434
Murder on the Links, 281–2, 317
Mysterious Affair at Styles, The, 254–60, 276–7, 280–1, 283, 318, 346
Mystery of the Blue Train, The, 357–8, 520
Mystery of the Mill House see Man in the Brown Suit, The
N or M?, 489
Nairn, Gerry and Norma, 370–1
New York, 16, 19, 305
New Zealand, 294, 297–8, 303
Nimrud, 456, 522–4, 526–7, 529
Nineveh (and Arpachiyah), Max works at, 451–66; AC at, 453, 456–7, 463–5; athletics race at, 464–5, 528
North, Susan, 477–8
Nursie, 17, 22–4, 27–9, 32–7, 45, 47–8, 56, 59, 301
Ordeal by Innocence, 520
Orient Express, AC travels on, 361, 363–6, 405–7, 422, 427, 429, 453
Pain, Barry, 30
Pale Horse, The, 254
Paris, 80–2
Park-Lyle, Mr, 180
Park-Lyle, Mrs, 180
Partners in Crime, 432–3
Patrick, Constance Ralston, 176–9, 199
Patrick, Robin Ralston, 176–8
Patterson (glass artist), 513
Patterson, Sybil, 76
Pau, 70–5
Pedler, Sir Eustace (fictional character), 311–12, 317
Pemberton, Nurse, 267
Peril at End House, 436
Persia, 441–2
Petit, Mme (schoolmistress), 158
Pettigrew, Mr (fictional character), 436
Philpotts, Eden, 195
Pirie, Harold, 87
Pirie, Lilian, 86–7, 202
Pirie, Martin, 86–7, 202
Pirie, Wilfred, 87, 202–5
Poirot, Hercule (fictional character), character of, 256–7, 277, 281–4, 433, 436, 473, 509; on stage, 430, 434
Pollock, Hugo, 337
Pollock, Judy, 337
Pollock, Nan see Kon, Nan
Potter, Mrs (cook), 120, 348, 414
Potter, Freddie, 414
Powell, Dr, 265
Prestley, Marguerite, 76–7, 80, 152
Prichard, Hubert, marriage to Rosalind, 487–8, 494; killed in action, 501–2
Prichard, Mathew (AC’s grandson), childhood, 65, 502, 504, 517; and Shakespeare, 171; born, 492, 494; sees The Mousetrap, 511; AC gives rights of Mousetrap to, 513; in Eton-Harrow match, 531
Prichard, Rosalind see Hicks, Rosalind
‘Punkie’ see Watts, Madge
Quin, Mr (fictional character), 432
Raffles (fictional character), 437
Rawncliffe, Mr and Mrs, 332
Reinhardt School of Photography, 478–9
Réjane (actress), 159
Reszke, Jean de, 159
Rose (cook), 278–9
Rose, John, 460, 463–5
Rose and the Yew Tree, The (‘Mary Westmacott’), 500
Rouletabille (fictional character), 210, 256
Roux, Dr, 185
Rowe, Jane, 28–31, 46, 67, 119–20, 133, 240, 278
Russia, 442–51
Sackville-West, Victoria, All Passion Spent, 86
Saggs, Harry, 526
Sanctuary (short story), 512
Satterthwaite, Mr (fictional character), 432
Saunders, Peter, 473, 510, 512, 514-15, 517–19
Scotswood (house), 328, 331, 343
Secret Adversary, The, 280, 330, 433, 489
Secret of Chimneys, The, 413
Selwyn, Bishop, 72
Selwyn, Mrs, 72–3
Selwyn, Dorothy, 72–4
Selwyn, Mary, 72–4
Seven Dials Mystery, The, 413
Shabani (Monty’s servant), 325–6
Shakespeare, William, 171, 438
Sharp, Margery, 291
Shaw, Mr (tutor), 192
Sheffield Terrace (no. 48), 467–8, 485; bombed, 485–6
Sheldon, Miss (Benenden teacher), 475
Sheppard, Dr (fictional character), 342, 433
Sijé, Mme, 74
Sijé, Angèle, 79
Sijé, Berthe, 79
Sijé, Marie, 74–5, 79–80, 84–6, 88, 90–3, 103, 106–7
Sim, Sheila, 512
Sinclair, May, 198
‘Site’ see White, Miss
Sketch, The, 281–2, 310, 354
Smith, Mary, 495, 501
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