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The Swinging Christies: How Agatha Christie Conquered the 1960s
By (author) Mark Aldridge, By (author) Gray Robert Brown
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Widely perceived as a writer of cosy, old-fashioned mysteries rooted in the interwar years, Agatha Christie was in fact one of the most culturally engaged authors of the 1960s. Far from being a relic of a bygone era, Christie lived at the heart of Swinging London, travelled the world into her seventies, and produced novels that responded directly to the decade's most seismic events: the Cold War, decolonisation, the sexual revolution, youth culture, nuclear anxiety, and the decline of the British Empire. Structured year-by-year from 1960 to 1969, the book weaves together Christie's life, her novels and plays, personal correspondence, and the wider cultural and political landscape. Drawing on previously unpublished archival material – including letters, notebooks, passport records, and unproduced scripts – the authors bring Christie into vivid focus as a real woman navigating a tumultuous and thrilling decade. The book grew out of the authors' popular podcast of the same name, and represents the first full-length study of Christie's 1960s work in its historical and cultural context.
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Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 25 Feb 2027
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 384
Dimensions | 240 x 159 x 21mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 270g
ISBN | 978-0-0088-0518-0
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BISAC | literary criticism / mystery & detective
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