Her stage play “ The Mousetrap” is the longest running play in history. When she died in 1976 she had written over 60 novels, 150 short stories and 16 plays. “ Murder on the Orient Express” was written in Istanbul.Īt the beginning of the 1970s Agatha Christie became ill, but she went on writing.
Some of her novels, like “ Death on the Nile” were set in the Middle East. This influenced many of her crime stories because some of her victims were poisoned.Īgatha Christie was married twice and especially her second husband travelled a lot with her. During the First World War she worked in a hospital as a nurse. Agatha Christie was often called the queen of crime.Īgatha Christie was born in Devon, England in 1890 as the daughter of a British army captain. Her crime and detective stores became famous for their clever plots.
Agatha Christie was one of England’s most famous writers.
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