| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781639362523 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1639362525 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 029 1# - (OCLC) |
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| OCLC library identifier |
AU@ |
| System control number |
000072917087 |
| 029 1# - (OCLC) |
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| OCLC library identifier |
AU@ |
| System control number |
000074195992 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1292589964 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
e-uk-en |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
AJMA |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PR6005.H66 |
| Item number |
Z955 2022 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
823.912 Wor |
| Item number |
14 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
823.912 Wor |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Worsley, Lucy |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Agatha Christie |
| Remainder of title |
an elusive woman |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Lucy Worsley |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Pegasus Crime |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, genealogical table |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-397) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Preface : Hiding in plain sight -- Part one : Victorian girl, 1890s. The house where I was born -- Insanity in the family -- The thing in the house -- Ruined -- Part two : Edwardian debutante, 1900s. Waiting for the man -- Best Victorian lavatory -- The Gezireh Palace Hotel -- Enter Archibald -- Part three : Wartime nurse, 1914-18. Torquay Town Hall -- Love and death -- Enter Poirot -- The Moorland Hotel -- Part four : Bright young author, 1920s. Enter London -- Enter Rosalind -- The British Mission -- Thrillers -- Part five : 1926. Sunningdale -- The Mysterious Affair at Styles -- Disappearance -- The Harrogate Hydropathic Hotel -- Reappearance -- Part six : Plutocratic period, 1930s. Mesopotamia -- Enter Max -- I think I will marry you -- Eight houses -- The golden age -- Part seven : Wartime worker, 1940s. Beneath the bombs -- A daughter's a daughter -- Life is rather complicated -- By Mary Westmacott -- Part eight : Taken at the flood, 1950s. A big expensive dream -- They came to Baghdad -- Christie-land after the war -- Second row in the stalls -- A charming grandmother -- Part nine : Not swinging, 1960s. The mystery of the Christie fortune -- A queer lot -- Lady detectives -- To know when to go -- Part ten : Curtain, 1970s. Winterbrook -- After the funeral. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why--despite all the evidence to the contrary--did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure? She was born in 1890 into a world that had its own rules about what women could and couldn't do. Lucy Worsley's biography is not just of a massively, internationally successful writer. It's also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman. With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realize what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was--truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century"--Dust jacket flap. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA |
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| Biographical or historical note |
Lucy Worsley OBE is Chief Curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces. She also presents history documentaries for the BBC. Her bestselling books include Queen Victoria; Jane Austen at Home; The Art of the English Murder; and If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home. In 2019, her BBC One program Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley won a BAFTA. She lives in England. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
112255 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Christie, Agatha |
| Dates associated with a name |
1890-1976. |
| 648 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CHRONOLOGICAL TERM |
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| Chronological term |
1900-1999 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women novelists, English |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Novelists, English |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Detective and mystery stories, English |
| General subdivision |
History and criticism. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women and literature |
| Geographic subdivision |
England |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Authors, English |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women authors, English |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Authors, English. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Detective and mystery stories, English. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Novelists, English. |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
England. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Display text |
Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
Worsley, Lucy. |
| Title |
Agatha Christie. |
| Edition |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Pegasus Crime, 2022 |
| International Standard Book Number |
9781639362530 |
| Record control number |
(OCoLC)1343250159 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
800 - 899 |