At Home With Agatha Christie

Shedunnit

Caroline Crampton

Arts, Books

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Come with me on a tour of Greenway. Special thanks to Clive and everyone at the National Trust for making me and my microphone welcome at Greenway, and to Sarah Thrift for arranging it. I'm also grateful to my friend Elizabeth Minkel, who spent the afternoon doing this even though she has only read one Christie novel in her whole life. She has her own podcast, Fansplaining, which I highly recommend. Books mentioned in this episode: — Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie — Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie — Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie — Towards Zero by Agatha Christie — Agatha Christie An Autobiography by Agatha Christie — Tied Up In Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh Related Shedunnit episodes about Agatha Christie: — Agatha Christie Writes Alone — Agatha's Archaeologists — The Dispenser 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 bookselling chain that ships internationally at no extra charge. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/shedunnit. 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/athomewithagathachristietranscript 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	I'm arriving at Agatha Christie's home, Greenway. I've wanted to visit for a long time and
0:16.0	last year I finally got the opportunity. It's a beautiful September day and the sun is
0:22.0	peaking through the clouds as I step into the hallway. Agatha first encountered this
0:27.1	Georgian manor house on the banks of the River Dart in Devon as a child, when her mother
0:31.8	took her along while she paid a social call on its then owners. In 1938, after nearly two
0:38.8	decades of literary success, the author purchased it and the surrounding 33 acre estate for what
0:45.0	she considered the bargain price of £6,000, around £300,000 today.
0:53.4	For the following decades, it became a treasured home for Agatha and her extended family,
0:58.0	as well as inspiring the locations of several of her novels. And now, you're going to come
1:03.4	with me as I look around.
1:05.4	I do.
1:07.4	So this is the main entrance to a right to your home in front door, what do you see?
1:13.6	It's a her, Agatha's great-grandparents who were American and then came over back to
1:21.4	the UK and they had the housing tour key, Ashfield, which was the family home of course
1:28.2	and that's where Agatha, two generations down, that's where Agatha's home, hence the
1:34.8	connection.
1:35.8	I've got a man, which is Agatha's sister, and he is your brother, mom, too.
1:45.7	This is Clive, by the way. Greenway is now looked after by the National Trust, and he's
1:50.8	one of the volunteers here, and he offered to show us around. My friend Elizabeth, who
1:56.0	was visiting from America at the time, also joined me in going around the house, so you
1:59.8	might hear from her occasionally, too.
2:01.8	Yes, so just move here, I keep my eye on the door, because Agatha aged four with her
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