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We assume that many if not most of you are fairly avid Agatha fans, and not only enjoy reading her novels, but learning more about the Queen of Crime herself as well! We have loved getting to know her more and more over the past few months and have compiled a few of our favorite #AgathaFacts for you below:
>In 1922 Agatha travelled around the world.
>Her first book waited five years before publication having been rejected by six publishers.
>Her home in Torquay, Greenway House, was requisitioned by the U.S. Navy during the Second World War.
>For many years she was the President of the local amateur drama society in Wallingford.
>Twice in her life she "saw" Hercule Poirot - once lunching in the Savoy and once on a boat in the Canary Islands.
>She was the first crime writer to have 100,000 copies of ten of her titles published by Penguin on the same day in 1948 - a Penguin Million.
>She wrote a film script for Dickens' Bleak House in 1962.
>In 1961 she was conferred with an honorary degree from Exeter University.
(All above mentioned facts found from the Agatha Christie Limited website)
-A. & E.
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