How well do we really know the queen of crime?

Thanks to my guest, Lucy Worsley. Her book Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman is out now.

Books and sources mentioned:

— An Autobiography by Agatha Christie

— Agatha Christie: A Biography by Janet P. Morgan

— Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson

— Agatha Christie: The Woman And Her Mysteries by Gillian Gill

— Forever England: Literature, Femininity and Conservatism between the Wars by Alison Light

— “In The Shadow Of Hercule — The War Service Of Archibald Christie” by Peter Wright in Cross & Cockade International, vol 41/3 (2010)

— The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

— “The Lady Vanishes” episode of Shedunnit

— “The Dispenser” episode of Shedunnit

— “Mary Westmacott” episode of Shedunnit

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