Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

She longed to escape from the things that reminded her of England and to explore the rich culture and illustrious history of Iraq.

But their games of bridge, tennis, and cricket bored her. Escape to IraqĪlready a well-known author by the late 1920s, Christie received a steady stream of invitations from the British colonial population when she arrived. The next day, she canceled her ticket to Jamaica and bought one for Baghdad. The prospect of such a journey was a turning point in Christie’s life. The most obvious way to travel there was by steamboat-but there was another option: the Orient Express, the train that took travelers to Baghdad via Milan and Istanbul.

Christie was utterly seduced by their tales of the Middle East: the bazaars of Mosul and Basra and the fascinating ruins of ancient Ur, which, thanks to the sensational discoveries unearthed by British archaeologist Leonard Woolley, were being widely reported in the newspapers. But two days before leaving, she had dinner at a friend’s house in London where she met a couple who had recently returned from Baghdad. Unauthorized use is prohibited.Īt age 39, Agatha decided that a solitary holiday in the West Indies might help her recover from the breakup. OL472572W Page_number_confidence 93.88 Pages 198 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210110094108 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 258 Scandate 20210107052030 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 0006128599 Tts_version 4.Please be respectful of copyright. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 04:07:09 Boxid IA40031110 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie