Volume 50 in the Agatha Christie Collection (1951) Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide
Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret superpower summit. Unfortunately the word is out, and an underground organisation in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks.
Into this explosive situation skips Victoria Jones, a girl with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded agent dies in her hotel room. Now, if only she could make sense of his final words: ‘... Lucifer... Basrah... Lefarge... ’
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‘A very human heroine, whose powers of invention, like those of her creator, never fail her’
Times Literary Supplement
‘All in all, the most satisfactory novel in some years from one of the most satisfying of novelists.’
New York Times
‘The action is rapid and profuse, the characters are astonishingly real, and the author’s style remains far more lucid and persuasive than that employed by the vast majority of her colleagues. Altogether one of the year’s most agreeable contributions to the spy-and-counterspy diversion’
New Yorker
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR002149205
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. First published 1951. Restless shorthand typist Victoria is off to Baghdad for adventure and love. She meets international intrigue evil, violence and deadly peril instead. 287 pages. Dust jacket with protective plastic cover. Slight nick on an inside cover page. Possibly ex-library since stamped reference number. Borrowing label page possibly missing. Otherwise good. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas, including Baghdad, at least £5.95. Seller Inventory # 2074
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. Reprint. VG-/F-. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (ex-library with rsms, labels etc. to outer leaves, rsm to tail edge, small stain to fore-edge, else clean & crisp) in dustwrapper (edges a trifle rubbed); pp. 288 (last blank). A very good reading copy in a clean dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 009693
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1984 reprint of the 1969 Greenway Edition. Ex-library with withdrawn stamp. Cream cloth with pictorial dustjacket permanently attached under film, no flaps. Condition: Very good. Just a little splitting to paper at inner hinges, otherwise a nice tidy, crisp copy. Binding firm. Pages bright. Ink scribble to rear fep. Size: 8x5in / 20x13cm. 287pp. Weight: 350g. Seller Inventory # ABE-1669573962257
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01. Seller Inventory # G0002318539I5N00
Book Description Condition: Acceptable. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00047075621