An Autobiography
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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
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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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