Travel and Archaeology
Christie's Travels
Agatha Christie's first Society season was spent in fashionable Cairo. She spent most of her trip absorbed by the social whirl of dances, races and polo but the atmosphere of Egypt would leave a lasting impression. In 1928, she returned to the East, fulfilling a lifelong ambition to travel on the Orient Express to Baghdad. Christie loved trains and they suited her gift for observation. Her autobiography describes the:
“Fascination with looking out at an entirely different world: going through mountain gorges, watching ox-carts and picturesque wagons, studying groups of people on the station platforms.”
On a return trip ...
Inspired by Travel
:By Mathew Prichard (Christie's Grandson)Anybody who feels they are taking for granted the ease, speed and comfort of modern travel should read my grandmother’s letter concerning her return ...
Inspired by Archeology
:By Mathew Prichard (Christie's Grandson)Appointment with Death and Murder in Mesopotamia were created from the surroundings of the archaeological digs themselves. The first one is based in Petra and ...