The Body in the Library (Miss Marple) - Hardcover

Christie, Agatha

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9780007208449: The Body in the Library (Miss Marple)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007208448 ISBN 13: 9780007208449

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2005

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A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books, published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance and to celebrate her new-found success on television.

When The Murder at the Vicarage was published in October 1930, little did the literary world realise that Agatha Christie, already famous for her early Poirot titles, was introducing a character who would become the best-loved female sleuth of all time. The 14 Marple books would appear at intervals over the next 49 years, with Miss Marple's Final Cases published in 1979, three years after Agatha's death.

To mark the 75th anniversary of Miss Marple's first appearance, and to celebrate her renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form – 12 novels and two short story collections. Reproducing the original typesetting and formats from the first editions from the Christie family's own archive copies, these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies, reflecting five decades of iconic cover design.

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Review:

“The best opening I ever wrote.” Agatha Christie

“Genuine old-crusted Christie.” Time

“Professional detectives are no match for elderly spinsters... it is hard not to be impressed.” Times Literary Supplement

“one of the most ingeniously contrived of all her murder stories.” Birmingham Post

Book Description:

Miss Marple's detective skills are called upon in the CD edition of this classic mystery

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