Lucy Worsley explores the life of Agatha Christie.

This event will take place at the British Library. It will be simultaneously live streamed on the British Library platform. Tickets may be booked either to attend in person (physical), or to watch on our platform (online) either live or within 48 hours on catch up. Viewing links will be sent out shortly before the event.

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We close the book on HistFest2023 with a look at the bestselling novelist of all time. Using papers in the Christie Archive, Dr Lucy Worsley has recently published a new biography of Agatha Christie.

In this unmissable illustrated talk, Lucy investigates the life and work of this most ingenious – and prolific – of authors.

Just what happened during those mysterious 11 days in 1926, after Christie vanished from her home late one evening? Was she exacting (non-murderous) on her cheating husband? Staging a publicity stunt to promote her latest book? Or lost in an amnesiac fugue state brought on by crippling depression?

Join Dr Worsley as she pieces together what happened…

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