Chronological Christie
Chronological Christie
Podcast Description
Join us as a long-time Agatha Christie collector and her Christie-novice husband discuss the works of the Queen of Crime in publication order.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast primarily focuses on the works of Agatha Christie, analyzing each book's themes, characters, and historical context, with episodes dedicated to specific titles such as The Secret Adversary and The Mysterious Affair At Styles. Each episode explores the evolution of Christie's writing style and the significance of her characters, while incorporating personal anecdotes and the differences in perspectives between a seasoned reader and a newcomer.
Join us as a long-time Agatha Christie collector and her Christie-novice husband discuss the works of the Queen of Crime in publication order.
In this episode, we take a look at The Secret of Chimneys
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We are your hosts:
Gillian Porter – a long-time Agatha Christie reader and collector,
And her husband Alan Porter, who after almost 40 years of sharing a house with Agatha Christie books has decided he should read them.
We’ll be tackling the books in UK publication order as detailed on the official Agatha Christie website, and sharing our thoughts on each from the viewpoint of someone familiar with them,
and someone reading them for the first time.
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Links mentioned in this episode
Podcast Related Links
Chronological Christie Instagram account – https://www.instagram.com/chronologicalchristie/
Chronological Christie @ Bookshop.org – ttps://bookshop.org/lists/chronological-christies
Publication Order List – https://agathachristie.imgix.net/image-store/Read-Christie-2024/ACL_CompleteList_2024.pdf
Wikipedia Pages for the books discussed.
Secret of Chimneys – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_Chimneys
References
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography – https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780062204578
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie – A Biographical Companion to the Works of Agatha Christie by Charles Osborne
The Complete Christie, An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson – https://bookshop.org/a/10029/9780671028312
Other Links
Alan’s website – https://alanjporter.wordpress.com/
Alan’s Newsletter – https://alanjporter.substack.com/
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Please join us for our next episode where we will be presenting another Q&A mini-episode following up on questions asked in our discussions of The Man In The Brown Suit, and the Poirot Investigates collection of short stories.
Following that in our next regular episode we will be discussing The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
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