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The Grand Tour
The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery | Agatha Christie
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In 1922 Agatha Christie set sail on a ten-month voyage around the world. Her husband, Archibald Christie, had been invited to join a trade mission to promote the British Empire Exhibition, and Christie was determined to go with him. It was a life-changing decision for the young novelist, a true voyage of discovery that would inspire her future writing for years to come. Placing her two-year-old daughter in the care of her sister, Christie set sail at the end of January and did not return home until December. Throughout her journey, she kept up a detailed weekly correspondence with her mother, describing the exotic places and the remarkable people she encountered as the mission traveled through South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and Canada. Reproduced here for the first time, the letters are full of tales of seasickness and sunburn, motor trips and surfboarding, glamor and misery. The Grand Tour also brings to life the places and people Christie encountered through the photos she took on her portable camera, as well as some of the original postcards, newspaper cuttings, and memorabilia she collected on her trip. Edited and introduced by Agatha Christie's grandson, Mathew Prichard, and accompanied by reminiscences from her own autobiography, this unique travelogue reveals a new adventurous side to Agatha Christie, one that would ultimately influence the stories that made her a household name.
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Juliwyant
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Reading through Agatha Christie‘s writings in publication order. This book is a bit of side reading. It‘s about her 10-month trip around the world to promote the British Empire Exposition. I‘m reading all the Hercule Poirot short stories she wrote while on this trip and The Man in the Brown Suit which has characters and events based on her Grand Tour experiences :)

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kmartissexy
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Silently grumbling why we had to turn the lights off... can‘t I read while y‘all watch tv? 🥺 #MerryChristmas guys! Hope all is well, and that the friends and family aren‘t too stressful or unbearable today 😉

Redwritinghood Merry Christmas!🎄🎁 5y
kmartissexy @Redwritinghood merry Christmas to you as well! 🎄❤️ 5y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa I know what you mean... but I figured out the secret....headphones and audiobooks! 😉 5y
Kaye Welcome 🌸 5y
Gezemice Merry Christmas! We never watch with the lights off. I don‘t think it is good for your eyes. 5y
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Autumnscribe
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I am struggling with this one. One one hand I am revealing in the old photographs and letters from such a celebrated talent & a time now passed. However, on the other hand I am having a tremendous problem with the absolute disregard for the indigenous cultures not to mention all of the problems associated with imperialism. I am trying really hard not to judge the past through the lease of the present. But.... well yeah. The struggle is real.

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JazzFeathers
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It's been sometimes since last l wandered into a bookshop, so today l thought, why not? Found some interesting new titles.

This is Agatha Christie's journal and letters from her grand tour around the world (1922-1923). Beautiful edition with so many photos and original pages.
I'm very very tempted.

#AgathaChristieClub

Bambolina_81 This is lovely! Did you buy it?! 6y
JazzFeathers @Bambolina_81 Not yet. But it's very likely that l will 😆 6y
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erzascarletbookgasm
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An insight into the mind and working habits of Agatha Christie, her autobiography, and a record of her round-the-world tour journey in 1922.
#agathachristielove #autumnreads

batsy Very nice collection! 7y
erzascarletbookgasm Thanks, @batsy 😊. She's truly phenomenal. 7y
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