Christie's mother first suggested to her that she should alleviate the boredom of an illness by writing a story.

The official reason given by the Franco regime was that it was due to a plea from Christie's mother.

Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks ( née Christie ; 5 August 1919 – 28 October 2004 ) was the only child of author Agatha Christie ( with her first husband Archibald Christie ), and from the time of Christie's death in 1976 worked to maintain and strengthen the reputation of her mother as a literary figure, and to protect the integrity of her works.

Little Christie's mother, Annabelle, buys her a new wind-up doll, trying to make up for her father's indifference.

This dedication is a direct reference to the events of 1926 which included the death of Christie's mother on April 5, the breakdown of her marriage to Archibald Christie and her famous ten-day disappearance in the December of that year.

In 2012, Painting-Poem (" le corps de ma brune puisque je l ' aime comme ma chatte habillée en vert salade comme de la grêle c ' est pareil ") ( 1925 ) was sold at Christie's London for $ 26. 6 million.

" Punkie " was the family nickname of Christie's sister and eldest sibling, Margaret (" Madge ") Frary Watts ( 1879 – 1950 ).

Other roles include Lanscombe in an episode of the 2005 series of Agatha Christie's Poirot (" After the Funeral ").

She played a character in an Agatha Christie's Marple series (" Agatha Christie Marple: 4. 50 from Paddington "; 2004 ), and has starred in episodes of Midsomer Murders ( 2008 ) and A Touch of Frost ( 2009 ), and the film The Closer You Get ( 2000 ) alongside Sean McGinley.

The same joke-translation is mentioned in Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun by Patrick Redfern to Hercule Poirot – a prank which inadvertently gives Poirot the answer to the murder.

* 1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London later becoming the longest continuously-running play in history.

The original Roman vase has remained in the British Museum ever since 1810, apart from three years ( 1929 – 32 ) when William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland put it up for sale at Christie's where it failed to reach its reserve.

Rather than attempt another fourth down play near the goal line, the Bills settled for Steve Christie's 21-yard field goal to cut their deficit to 14 – 10 with 3: 24 left in the half.

* November 6 – Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None is published in book form in the United States.

* The world's most expensive grand piano sold at auction was built by Steinway's factory in New York City in 1883 – 87 ; it sold for $ 1. 2 million in 1997 at Christie's in London.

* Christie's Videos – Giudecca, La Donna della Salute and San Giorgio Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA

* Christie's Hong Kong, November 2009 sale of Fine Modern Chinese Paintings, sold a work by Fu Baoshi titled " Landscape inspired by Dufu's Poetic Sentiments ", for HK $ 60, 020, 000 ( US $ 7, 780, 105 ) – a world record for the artist.

* H. C. Marillier, Christie's, 1766 – 1925, London, 1926

* Christie's International Real Estate – Luxury Properties and Estates official website

On 30 March, 2009, they released Agatha Christie's Poirot – Complete Collection, a 28-disc box set that features all 61 episodes up to and including the 2009 season.

In 2008, Cocker contributed Born to Cry, ( originally a Pulp song released on the Notting Hill soundtrack CD – though not featured in the film and co-written by Richard Hawley ) to Tony Christie's album of songs by Sheffield based songwriters, Made in Sheffield.

He died in Hereford and is buried in Highgate Cemetery, North London. The sale of the contents of his studio ( including unsold paintings ) was held at Christie's, London, 4 – 5 June 1875.

#" Christie's Song " – Ralph Burns

Joan Hickson OBE ( 5 August 1906 – 17 October 1998 ) was an English actress of theatre, film and television, famed for playing Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple.

On October 5 – 7, 2006, Christie's auctioned off many of the props used in the Star Trek films and TV shows.

** Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime with James Warwick and Francesca Annis: 1984 – 85 ( 5 ), 1985 – 86 ( 5 )

** Agatha Christie's Poirot with David Suchet: 1989 – 90 ( 10 ), 1990 – 91 ( 9 ), 1991 – 92 ( 8 ), 1992 – 93 ( 6 ), 1993 – 94 ( 6 ), 1994 – 95 ( 4 ), 1995 – 96 ( 1 ), 1996 – 97 ( 1 ), 1998 – 99 ( 3 ), 1999 – 2000 ( 1 ), 2009 ( 2 ), 2010 ( 3 )

Some of these have explored and offered accounts of Christie's disappearance in 1926, including the 1979 film Agatha ( with Vanessa Redgrave, where she sneaks away to plan revenge against her husband ) and the Doctor Who episode " The Unicorn and the Wasp " ( with Fenella Woolgar, her disappearance being the result of her suffering a temporary breakdown due to a brief psychic link being formed between her and an alien ).

* Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ( 1926 ), featuring Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in one of Christie's best-known works

* First aired on 17 May 2008, an episode of the BBC Television Science Fiction Drama Doctor Who entitled " The Unicorn and the Wasp " made reference to the novel in a plot in which Christie's well-recorded disappearance in 1926 was explained by the intervention of a Vespiform-a shape-changing alien resembling a giant wasp.

The Collins first edition of 1926 was Christie's first work placed with that publisher.

"' and is a likely reference to Agatha Christie's 1926 novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

In 2007, a bottle of 1926 The Macallan was sold at a Christie's auction for $ 54, 000, making it one of the most expensive bottles of liquor ever sold.

Not only was his Belgian nationality interesting because of Belgium's occupation by Germany ( which provided a valid explanation of why such a skilled detective would be out of work and available to solve mysteries at an English country house ), but also at the time of Christie's writing, it was considered patriotic to express sympathy with the Belgians, since the invasion of their country had constituted Britain's casus belli for entering World War I, and British wartime propaganda emphasized the " Rape of Belgium ".

In 1980, Angela Lansbury played Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd ( EMI, directed by Guy Hamilton ), based on Christie's 1962 novel.

Christie's novels include, Murder on the Orient Express ( 1934 ), Death on the Nile ( 1937 ), and And Then There Were None ( 1939 ).

In Agatha Christie's, " Appointment with Death " ( 1938 ), the mysterious and enigmatic Petra is the setting for a murder mystery featuring Hercule Poirot.

The Fulton Opera House is home to its own actor's company, which stages seven theatrical productions per year including plays ( Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, 2007 ) and musicals ( Oliver !, 2006 ), some of which are world premier originals ( critically acclaimed Lightning Rod, 2005 ).

His widow acted to clear Nash's debts ( some £ 15, 000 ), she held a sale of the Castle's contents, including three paintings by J. M. W. Turner painted on the Isle of Wight, two by Benjamin West and several copies of old master paintings by Richard Evans these were sold at Christie's on 11 July 1835 for £ 1, 061.

In 2011, on the occasion of Ben Stiller and David Zwirner ’ s Artists For Haiti charity auction at Christie's, Pettibon's No Title ( But the sand ), sold for $ 820, 000.

" In its 1957 season, he appeared as Mr. Mayher in Agatha Christie's Witness For The Prosecution ( July 1957 ), as Hector in Jane Anouilh's Thieves Carnival ( July 1957 ), and the role which he once described as the " catalyst of his career "-as Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge ( from July 30 to August 3, 1957 and directed by Ulu Grosbard who was by then a regular director at the Gateway Theatre ).

Christie's first big-screen roles were in Crooks Anonymous and The Fast Lady ( both 1962 ), and her breakthrough was in 1963's Billy Liar.

* Agatha Christie's Murder in Mesopotamia ( 1936 ), Hercule Poirot's Christmas ( 1938 ), And Then There Were None ( 1939 )

* Agatha Christie's " The Dream " ( 1937 ), " The Idol House of Astarte " ( 1928 ) and many others.

His other television appearances were numerous, and included Holocaust ( 1978 ), Oppenheimer ( 1980 ), Lovejoy ( 1992 ), The Ruth Rendell Mysteries ( 1997 ), David Copperfield ( 2000 ), Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 2004 ), Fanny Hill ( 2007 ), Holby City, Shameless ( 2010 ) as a World War II veteran, and Some Mothers Do ' Ave ' Em ( 1973 ).

Christie's novels include Murder on the Orient Express ( 1934 ), Death on the Nile ( 1937 ), and And Then There Were None ( 1939 ).