An Autobiography

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by Agatha Christie


  Smith, Sidney, 495, 500–501

  Snow Upon the Desert, 194, 196

  South Africa, 291–3

  Spark, Muriel, 409

  Spence, Patrick, 284

  Spider’s Web (play), 519

  Stabb, Dr, 265

  Stabb, Gertrude (nee Huntley), 265

  Stark, Freya, 393

  Stengel (maid), 185

  Stevens, Connie, 121

  Stevens, Saltzman, 197

  Strie, Monsieur, 157

  Stubbs, Sister (V.A.D.), 229

  Sturges, May, 184–7, 197, 302

  Styles (house), 345–7, 354

  Sullivan, Cassie, 112, 184, 302, 305

  Sullivan, Francis, 434, 489

  Sunningdale, 320, 328, 330, 336, 343; see also Scotswood

  Susan (Australian Aborigine), 296

  Susan (housemaid), 28

  Swannell, Jessie, 270, 273, 275, 279, 284, 308, 314

  Sylvia (on world tour), 292

  Syria, 465–6, 469–70, 479

  Taylor, Mrs (Monty’s housekeeper), 327, 382

  Tell Brak, 479

  Tell Halaf, 458–9

  Tell ’Ubaid, 455

  Ten Little Niggers, as book, 471; adapted as play, 471–2, 497

  Thirteen Problems, The (U.S. title The Tuesday Club Murder), 436

  Thompson, Barbara (Campbell), 454, 460

  Thompson, Reginald Campbell, 422, 451–6, 458–60

  Three Blind Mice see The Mousetrap

  Thumb mark of St Peter, The, 436

  Tommy (fictional character), 433, 489

  Torquay, 19–20, 50; Regatta, 108–9, 176; see also Ashfield

  Tower, Miss, 51

  Trelawny, Captain, 170

  Trotter, Mr (music teacher), 101

  Tuesday Club Murder, The see Thirteen Problems, The

  Tuppence (fictional character), 433, 489

  Uder, Fräulein (music teacher), 98–9, 101–2

  Unexpected Guest, The (play), 519

  Unfinished Portrait, 470

  Ur, AC visits, 374–7, 390–1; Max at, 427–9; with Max at, 440–1; Woolley at, 455

  Van Rooy, Anton, 197

  Vane, Sutton, Outward Bound, 446

  Verdict (play), 519

  Verrall (batman), 265

  Vickers, Maurice, 379

  Vignou, Marcelle, 337–9

  Victor (waiter), 72–3

  Vision (short story), 198

  Wallenstein, Colonel, 182–3

  Wallingford see Winterbrook House

  Watts, Annie, 106, 117, 136, 139

  Watts, Humphrey, 137

  Watts, James (Jimmy Watts’ father), 106, 115, 117, 137, 139

  Watts, James (Jimmy; Madge’s husband), meets Madge, 106–7; marriage, 115, 492; at Ashfield, 134; on holiday, 135–6; and religion, 141; and Monty, 322–3; inspires AC story, 342; on AC’s divorce, 354; on AC marrying Max, 417–19

  Watts, James (Jack; AC’s nephew), birth of, 124–6; nature, 134–5; and marriage, 140; and religion, 141; in Torquay, 145–7; at Oxford with Max, 419; and Hubert Prichard, 487; war service, 494

  Watts, Madge (‘Punkie’ née Miller; AC’s sister), birth of, 19; and her mother, 21, 95, 133, 242; in childhood, 22, 61; education of, 25, 47, 53; portrait of, 32; and AC, 53–5, 77–8, 210–11, 275, 288; and mother’s jewelry, 68; and journey to Pau, 69; and admirers, 79; and brother, 82; and dancing, 99; nature of, 104; and theatre, 107; and Torquay regatta, 108; and her father, 114; marriage, 115–17; birth of son, 124–6; talents of, 126–7; visits Ashfield, 134–5, 145–7; o n holiday, 135–6; comes out, 166; and writing, 192; and Wagner, 197; golfing, 206; and AC’s first marriage, 238; and Rosalind, 287–8, 308, 337–8, 350, 361, 386–8, 405, 408, 492; AC’s nostalgia for, 307, 385; and AC’s literary successes, 319; aids Monty in Africa, 322–4; and Monty’s return to England, 327; at dentist’s, 331; and mother’s death, 346; and Monty’s death, 383; on AC’s marriage to Max, 418–20; in war, 493–4

  Watts, Nan see Kon, Nan

  Weekly Times, The (magazine), 280

  Wentworth, 343–4

  West, Raymond (fictional character), 436

  Westmacott, Mary (ps., i.e. Agatha Christie), 470, 498–500

  Westminster Abbey Appeal Fund, 513

  Wetherby, Miss (fictional character), 434

  Whitburn, Mr (architect at Ur), 391–2

  White, Miss (‘Site’ mother’s help), 315–17, 330–1, 337

  Wilbraham, Maude, 389–90

  Winterbrook House, Wallingford, 469–70, 486, 491

  Wiseman, Donald, 525

  Wither, Mr (builder), 468

  Witness for the Prosecution, film, 513; play, 514–16,520

  Woods, Mrs (London landlady), 261–2, 266

  Woolley, Katharine, Lady, at Ur, 375–8, 390,427, 4 29, 441; character and behaviour, 377, 391–3, 398, 401–3, 430; friendship with AC, 398–9,405, 417; sculpture, 403; on AC’s marriage to Max, 418, 420–1

  Woolley, Sir Leonard, at Ur, 361, 374–5, 378, 384, 390, 427, 441, 455; marriage, 393, 401–3; friendship with AC, 398–9, 405, 417; on AC’s marriage to Max, 418, 420–1

  Wordsworth, Mrs, 191

  Wynne, Miss (headmistress), 355–7

  Yezidi shrine, 80–1

  Yugoslavia, 423–4

  About the Author

  AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890–1976) is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. She wrote over 100 novels, short story collections and plays, and her books have sold over a billion copies in English and another billion in 100 foreign languages. She has become, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history, and still attracts millions of new readers worldwide. Her family home of Greenway in Devon, carefully restored by the National Trust, was opened to the public in 2009 as a fitting tribute to Agatha’s enduring life and work.

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  This edition published 2010

  First published in Great Britain by Collins 1977

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