Christie's Close Relationship With Steven Glanville

There is zero evidence that there was anything in any way romantic between Agatha Christie and Steven Glanville. But there was clearly a high and healthy mutual regard. And I will be coming back to Steven Glansville very shortly. But first, I want to talk about the dedication in 1943 is the moving finger to my friends Sydney and Mary Smith. So Sydney Smith was an archaeological colleague of Maxes. He was Keeper of the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum. According to Janet Morgan, he had, quote, helped Agatha pass the war by teaching her the algebra she had forgotten,. end quote.