Happy Birthday Agatha Christie!!
Happy Birthday Agatha Christie!! Today is her birthday, September 15.
The mother of the mystery novel, the creator of Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Death On The Nile, and the Mousetrap (the longest running play – ever) she is the best selling novelist of all time (Guinness Book of Records). In fact Agatha Christie only is out performed by the works of Shakespeare and the Bible. Quite an impressive accomplishment.
What is also worth noting is she was a very unsuccessful author – having 6 rejections for her first attempts. Until she created Hercule Poirot she got nowhere. Perseverance.
To celebrate her birthday the National Trust in England who maintains the Greenway, the home she summered and spent Christmases shared some photos of the home, and many more can be seen on the National Trust Greenway site.
Source: National Trust
As the holiday home for the Christie family the house and gardens gives a wonderful glimpse into the world they lived in – full of treasures and memorabilia of their lives. You can hear clips of Agatha speaking, walk the gardens, read ‘secret’ letters to her publisher and much more.
Agatha Christie may not be your ‘cup of tea’ but as the a writer of such immense stature she is worth dipping into and if you find yourself headed to England, or indeed are there already a visit to Greenway would be a great literary excursion.
With garden walks, (dogs are welcome), a book club and a writer-in-residence there is much to do. And what a great place to have afternoon tea!
Happy Birthday!!
