| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 99/1/1964/2 |
| Date | 1964 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Title | Correspondence 1964 |
| Creator Name | Mallowan, Agatha Mary Clarissa (1890-1976); nee Miller; previously Christie; pen name Agatha Christie; author |
| Description | Correspondence, 1964, concerning Christie's new novel 'The Clock' and 'A Caribbean Mystery', including corrections to 'The Clock'.
Further material on the MGM contract; negotiations for a new rights of script consultation and veto following the problem with 'Murder Ahoy' filmscript. Includes Christie's letter to MGM objecting to the distortion of her plots and characters in their adaptations. Also a 'protest' to Cork about the use of Miss Marple in a Poirot story. Includes a letter on the importance of Poirot's moustache.
Also negotiations between Max Mallowan and publishers on his book 'Nimrud and its Remains'.
File includes deed of gift for Max Mallowan, 'Murder in Retrospect' wiht title change to 'Cover her Face'.
Contains travel arrangements for holidays in Egypt, Switzerland and Holland, also tax matters, publishing rights and requests for interviews and articles and publicity material.
Correspondents include Max Mallowan. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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