John Curran Knihy

„Mnohá odhalení v této knize se stanou klíčovými k tomu, jak budou příští generace číst Christie.“ –Independent on Sunday Kompletní utajené zápisníky Agathy Christie vznikly spojením a doplněním toho nejpodstatnějšího z publikací Johna Currana, jenž měl možnost prostudovat 73 autorčiných poznámkových bloků, do nichž si Christie zapisovala zápletky svých detektivek (viz Utajené zápisníky Agathy Christie a Promyšlené vraždy Agathy Christie). V chronologickém sledu šesti desetiletí – od roku 1916, kdy Christie stvořila Poirota, do smrti této nejpopulárnější spisovatelky všech dob – Curran detailně odkrývá způsob, jak Christie dosáhla svého pozoruhodného úspěchu, překonává řadu zažitých pohledů na její tvorbu a přináší množství detailů a nejnovějších zjištění o spisovatelčiných uskutečněných i neuskutečněných, zdařilých, ale i méně povedených nápadech, o alternativních vyústěních jejích detektivek i o nově nalezených autorčiných povídkách (kniha zahrnuje jejich texty). Analýzu doplňují reprodukce vybraných stránek spisovatelčiných zápisníků, celek pak tvoří neocenitelného průvodce dílem Agathy Christie pro všechny milovníky jejích próz i detektivního žánru.

V publikaci navazující na úspěšné a oceňované Utajené zápisníky Agathy Christie nás znalec a archivář díla královny detektivek John Curran provádí šesti desetiletími její spisovatelské dráhy. Mimo jiné popisuje, jak ji vydavatel přemluvil, aby změnila závěr své první detektivky Záhada na zámku Styles (v této knize máte zcela poprvé možnost přečíst si původní rozuzlení románu), jak se ve čtyřicátých letech připravovala na to, že se zbaví Hercula Poirota, či o jakých námětech přemýšlela na sklonku svého života, nestihla je však již zrealizovat. Mimo jiné jsou zde opět uvedeny i dvě doposud neznámé povídky z její pozůstalosti – Muž, který věděl a pracovní verze Případu domovnice se slečnou Marplovou.

A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's 73 recently discovered notebooks, including illustrations, deleted extracts, and two unpublished Poirot stories.

Nominated for an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America A lavish full-colour celebration of the 2000 books by more than 250 authors published by the iconic Crime Club between 1930 and 1994.

Exploring the complexities of attachment disorders, this book delves into the misconceptions and misdiagnoses that often accompany these conditions. It offers insights into the challenges faced by individuals with attachment disabilities and provides a comprehensive guide for better understanding and management. By addressing the nuances of attachment theory, the author aims to shed light on effective strategies for support and treatment, ultimately promoting healing and healthier relationships.

Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks brings together for the first time Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making, two volumes that explore the fascinating contents of her 73 notebooks. This includes illustrations, deleted extracts, unused ideas, two unpublished Poirot stories and a lost Miss Marple.

When Agatha Christie died in 1976, at age eighty-five, she had become the world's most popular author. At the end of 2004, following the death of Christie's daughter, Rosalind, a remarkable legacy was revealed: seventy-three handwritten volumes of notes, lists, and drafts outlining all her plans for her many books, plays, and stories. Buried in this treasure trove, all in the beloved author's unmistakable handwriting, are revelations about her famous books that will fascinate anyone who has ever read or watched an Agatha Christie story. Full of details she was too modest to reveal in her own autobiography, this remarkable book includes a wealth of excerpts and pages reproduced directly from the notebooks and her letters—plus, two complete, recently discovered Hercule Poirot short stories never before published.

As he did in the Edgar®-nominated and Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards–winning Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks, Christie expert and archivist John Curran once again examines the unpublished notebooks of the world's bestselling author to explore the techniques she used to surprise and entertain generations of readers. Drawing on Christie's personal papers and letters, he reveals how more than twenty of her novels, as well as stage scripts, short stories, and some more personal items, evolved. Here are wonderful gems, including Christie's essay on her famous detective, Hercule Poirot, written for a British national newspaper in the 1930s; a previously unseen version of a "Miss Marple" short story; and a courtroom chapter from her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which was edited out of the published version in 1920; plus an insightful, well-reasoned analysis of her final unfinished novel, based on the author's notes and Curran's own deep knowledge of Christie and her work. A must-read for every Christie aficionado, Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making is a fascinating look into the mind and craft of one of the world's most prolific and beloved authors.

Agatha Christie's life and career told through the decades, from the never-before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last, complete with two unpublished Agatha Christie stories - including a lost Miss Marple.

Agatha Christie's life and career told through the decades, from the never- before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last, complete with two unpublished Agatha Christie stories - including a lost Miss Marple. In this follow-up volume to the acclaimed Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks, Christie archivist and expert John Curran leads the reader through the six decades of Agatha Christie's writing career, unearthing some remarkable clues to her success and a number of never-before-published excerpts and stories from her archives. Starting his investigation in the 1920s, John Curran examines the conventions of detective novels as they existed then and how Agatha Christie's publisher talked her into changing the ending of her very first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, a move that almost certainly changed the fortunes of not only her career but the future of the whole crime writing genre. For the very first time, this book prints Agatha's original ending, painstakingly transcribed from her notebooks. Every decade saw Agatha Christie's success grow to new heights. The emergence of the world-famous Collins Crime Club in 1930 brought with it the very first Miss Marple mystery, the austerity of the 1940s had Agatha Christie preparing to kill off Hercule Poirot, and the 1950s saw her experiment increasingly with formats influenced by more modern thrillers. Focusing on the detail of more than 20 Christie novels to illustrate this, John Curran shows the evolution of Agatha's writing through the decades, including the influence of the swinging sixties and seventies, concluding the book with a look at Agatha's last notebook, using his Christie knowledge to speculate about what she had in mind based on her brief notes for an unwritten final book. Also includes a number of short stories from the archives reproduced in full, including the unpublished The Man Who Knew, How I Created Hercule Poirot, and an early draft for a Miss Marple story, The Case of the Caretaker's Wife.