No, Agatha Christie did not accompany Archie (her first husband) when he went off to war. She worked as a nurse in a Red Cross hospital in Torquay to be near her mother.
Agatha Christie divorced her first husband, Archibald Christie, in 1928 after learning of his affair with another woman. This event had a significant impact on her life and writing.
Archibald Christie was an aviator in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I.
Her father was Frederick Alvah Miller, and her mother was Clarissa Margaret Boehmer. Agatha Christie was born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, and published her first book under her married name, when she was married to Archibald Christie.
Agatha Christie's first published novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles.
After Agatha Christie's first husband admitted to being in love with another woman, their marriage ended in divorce. Agatha Christie then went on to marry her second husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan. She continued to write prolifically and became one of the most famous and successful mystery writers of all time.
Yes, Agatha Christie was wealthy due to her successful career as a bestselling author. She had a daughter, Rosalind Hicks, with her first husband Archibald Christie, and later married archaeologist Max Mallowan with whom she had no children.
The first Agatha Christie mystery not to have a female suspect was The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, published in 1926.
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she talks about ( in her autobiography) Arthur Conan Doyle, Graham Green, Charles Dickens and Alexander Dumas as her favourite authors. but among her own novels she says Ordeal by Innocence, Crooked House and And Then There Were None were her favourites.
Agatha Christie had two middle names - she was born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller (Christie was her first married name).
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It comes from Greek "agathos", meaning "good".