| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 99/1/1947/1 |
| Date | 1947 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 1 file (approx 135 items) |
| Title | Correspondence 1947 |
| Creator Name | Mallowan, Agatha Mary Clarissa (1890-1976); nee Miller; previously Christie; pen name Agatha Christie; author |
| Description | Correspondence with Agatha Christie, 1947, concerning 'The Hollow', 'The Rose and the Yew Tree', 'The Labours of Hercules', 'There is a Tide' and 'Three Blind Mice'. Includes proposals for Parker Pyne and Poirot adaptations for radio and 'The House of Baghdad' to be written in Iraq.
Correspondence includes the subject of anti-semitism, in particular in 'The Hollow' with a letter from the Anti-defammation League.
Also contains a typescript of 'The Body' (a capsule mystery) written for Coronet magazine, travel arrangements for Christie's Mediterranean trip and a summary of Christie's annual income in America. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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