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Family Shaped Christie’s Perspective
- Agatha Christie rose from comfortable childhood to financial strain after her father's death, shaping her observer status in society.
- Her mother and sister were decisive female role models while male relatives were often unreliable.
Cairo Dances And The Marriage Market
- Agatha spent three months in Cairo dancing five nights a week to be introduced on the marriage market.
- She returned with one engagement and a tan, having slowly learnt small talk under pressure.
War Work Fueled Her Crime Writing
- World War I hospital work taught Christie about poisons and inspired her first published detective novel.
- Hercule Poirot was created from wartime Belgian refugees and subverted the athletic male-detective trope.