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Agatha Christie’s Marple

Expert on Wickedness
by Mark Aldridge

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Narrator Jane Slavin

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Length 11 hours 41 minutes
Language English
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Summary


A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple.

In Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness,‘Agathologist’ Dr Mark Aldridge looks at nearly a century of St Mary Mead’s most famous resident and uses his own detective skills to uncover new information about Miss Jane Marple’s appearances on page, stage, screen and beyond.
Drawing on a range of material, some of which is newly discovered and previously unpublished, this book explores everything about Miss Marple, from her origins in a series of short stories penned by Christie, to the recent bestselling HarperCollins collection Marple: Twelve New Stories.
This accessible, entertaining and illustrated guide to the world of Miss Marple pieces together the evidence in order to tell you everything you need to know about the world’s favourite female detective.

Biography & MemoirMystery & ThrillerNonfictionLiterary Criticism

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Audiobook details

Author
Narrator Jane Slavin
ISBN 9780008522711
Length 11 hours 41 minutes
Language English
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date
Edition Unabridged
Genres Biography & Memoir, Mystery & Thriller, Nonfiction & Literary Criticism
Libro.fm rank #25,708 Overall
Genre rank #171 in Literary Criticism
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Reviews

PRAISE FOR AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MARPLE ‘As bright, engaging and irresistible as the old girl herself. I devoured it!’ MARK GATISS ‘This book is the greatest of treats for any Marple fan. An indispensible companion … full of amusing asides and anecdotes.’ LUCY FOLEY PRAISE FOR AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT: The Greatest Detective in the World ‘Delightful, detailed and compulsively readable.’ MARK GATISS ‘What a magnificent book! An essential component of every Poirot fan's book collection. I couldn't put it down.’ SOPHIE HANNAH ‘Exhaustively and entertainingly surveys the book, stage, radio, magazine and film appearances of that fussy little Belgian.’ MICHAEL DIRDA, WASHINGTON POST 'This quirky, trivia-filled look at a touchstone of detective fiction will have Christie fans young and old in heaven.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Expand reviews
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