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Bestselling author Lucy Worsley will be visiting Village Books on Thursday 3rd November from 5pm to 6pm. Lucy will be signing copies of her bestselling new book Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman. No tickets are required, just turn up at the bookshop!


If you’re not able to be here but would like a copy dedicated as a special gift, do email us at [email protected] to arrange.


Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was ‘just’ an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn’t?


She was born in 1890 into a world which had its own rules about what women could and couldn’t do. Lucy Worsley’s biography is not just of an internationally renowned bestselling writer. It’s also the story of a person who, despite the obstacles of class and gender, became an astonishingly successful working woman.


With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley’s biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was – truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.


‘Christie lovers should read this biography for the same reason they read her novels.’ The Times


‘A model of how to combine biographical information, analysis and literary criticism into a propulsive narrative’ Daily Telegraph


‘Worsley’s book excels in bringing a broader historical perspective to Christie’s life and work, and her enthusiasm is infectious.’ Observer

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