Agatha Christie's England

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Arts, Books

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Where is St Mary Mead, anyway? My guide to Agatha Christie's England is now available to pre-order from the publisher at shedunnitshow.com/map (ships 19th July 2021). It's also available to order from Amazon, Waterstones, Blackwell's and other booksellers. An audio version is available for purchase at shedunnitshow.com/audiomap (if you are entitled to a free copy from your pre-order, you will have received an email from the publisher about this). There are no major spoilers either in this episode or the guide. Books mentioned: — Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie — Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie — An Autobiography by Agatha Christie — Peril at End House by Agatha Christie — N or M? by Agatha Christie — Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie — Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie — Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie — The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie — Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie — The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie — They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie — Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie — The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie — Third Girl by Agatha Christie — A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie — 4.50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie — The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie — Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie — By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie — The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie NB: Links to Blackwell's are affiliate links, meaning that the podcast receives a small commission when you purchase a book there (the price remains the same for you). Blackwell's is a UK independent bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. Thanks to today's sponsor, The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson. It's available now wherever books are sold — get your copy today. To be the first to know about future developments with the podcast, sign up for the newsletter at shedunnitshow.com/newsletter. The podcast is on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram as @ShedunnitShow, and you can find it in all major podcast apps. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss the next episode. Click here to do that now in your app of choice. Find a full transcript of this episode at shedunnitshow.com/agathachristiesenglandtranscript. Music by Audioblocks and Blue Dot Sessions. See shedunnitshow.com/musiccredits for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you close your eyes and imagine the setting of an Agatha Christie story, what do you
0:09.9	see? A grand country house perhaps, or an idyllic English village complete with its
0:16.6	own spinster sleuth. For all that the Queen of Crime is lauded for her plots, she deserves
0:23.1	praise for her settings too. Beyond the more exotic locations featured in books like
0:29.1	Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, there is a whole network of interconnected
0:35.0	seemingly ordinary places that lie behind Christie's fiction. It interacts with her biography
0:41.2	too. The more you read her work, the more you realise that her characters' lives are
0:47.2	superimposed upon her own. If you've ever walked into a hotel lobby or a village hall and
0:53.8	thought, this looks like it should be in an Agatha Christie novel, then this episode
0:58.7	is for you. Because today, we're exploring Agatha Christie's England.
1:11.7	Welcome to She Done It. I'm Caroline Crampton.
1:23.6	This episode marks a very special occasion. Over the last few months, I've been working
1:28.9	on something behind the scenes, and now it's finally being released out into the world.
1:34.9	It shares the title of this episode, Agatha Christie's England, and it's a map and
1:40.3	guide to the real-life locations that appear in Christie's fiction. I've scoured every
1:46.4	novel and short story, as well as the Queen of Crime's own life and autobiography, to find
1:51.9	the most interesting places to include. As well as my own writing, it also includes
1:57.8	period-inspired illustrations and the postcard so that you can send a loved one your best wishes
2:03.0	from somewhere you discover on your travels with the map. It's being published by Herb
2:08.0	Lester Associates, an independent publisher that produces lovely literary guides and gifts,
2:13.7	and it's now available to order directly at She Done It Show.com slash map. I've also
2:19.3	made an audiobook version of it, for those who really like to hear me talking about
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