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A review by oashackelford
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley
4.0
Agatha Christie has long been an author that has mesmerized her audiences with her clever detectives and hidden-in-plain-sight clues. In this book Lucy Worsley presents Agatha's work in the context of her life. The things that were influencing her work at the time of writing, and the things in her life that caused her to escape into her work.
I think this is a very well written Biography of a woman who seemingly wrote compulsively. I think that Worsley gives a very fair presentation of Agatha's life, presenting both favorable and unfavorable theories about her marriages and disappearance, as well as attempting to draw conclusions to Agatha's feelings that we aren't privy to.
I do think that some subjects seem to get repeated a little too often, like Agatha's disappearance, but otherwise a really good read. Worsley is my favorite historian as of late for the context and light that she brings to the subjects that she covers. This book helps Christie come to life and I am excited to go back and read more of Christie's work with this biography in mind.
I think this is a very well written Biography of a woman who seemingly wrote compulsively. I think that Worsley gives a very fair presentation of Agatha's life, presenting both favorable and unfavorable theories about her marriages and disappearance, as well as attempting to draw conclusions to Agatha's feelings that we aren't privy to.
I do think that some subjects seem to get repeated a little too often, like Agatha's disappearance, but otherwise a really good read. Worsley is my favorite historian as of late for the context and light that she brings to the subjects that she covers. This book helps Christie come to life and I am excited to go back and read more of Christie's work with this biography in mind.