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Today I would like to talk you about the Queen of Mystery: Agatha Christie.

This brilliant mind has not only given life to countless masterpieces, creating immortal characters such as the superb Poirot and the cunning Miss Marple, but has also been able to make her life itself a real intrigue worthy of her works.

Here’s a list of 10 little curiosities you might not know about her:

1)In 1926, the 36-year-old Agatha … disappeared. The whole of England set out in search of the English writer, whose husband had just filed for divorce. Christie was found in a state of confusion near the town of Harrogate. In the Hotel where she stayed for these 10 days she registered with the name … of her husband’s lover.

2) Agatha Christie is the most translated writer in the world, second only to… Shakespeare.

3) Her second husband was 14 years younger.

4) The 1920 tale “Poirot a Styles Court” was the result of a…bet made with her sister Madge (who she considered Agatha devoid of great imagination and writing skills).

5) She published several romance novels on the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

6) In 1890 in addition to the birth of the future most famous mystery writer in the world, other important events also happened: in Europe on May 1st Labor Day is celebrated for the first time, Wilde publishes the famous “The Portrait of Dorian Gray”, born Stan Laurel, future companion of Olio in the comic duo and two great artists die: Van Gogh and Carlo Collodi.

7)Her real last name was Miller: Christie was the surname of her first husband, Archibald.

8) Three years after her death, a film entitled “The Secret of Agatha Christie” dedicated to the life of the English writer was released in cinemas.

9) The character of Hercule Poirot is so famous that there is a stamp with his image depicted.

10) Many of the film and television adaptations of Agatha’s works were not… appreciated by the author.

For further curiosity I advise you to read her biography entitled “My Life” and published posthumously (although in this one she doesn’t mention her disappearance in 1926).