When she was with the family, she was just normal and loving.” “She never tried to be famous or act a part. She was always interested in what we were doing and fascinated by our relationships with each other. She didn’t seem like an old person at all. I used to take my friends to see her, often for Sunday lunch, and I think I even took my first girlfriend. As a young person myself in the early 1960s, I saw more of my grandmother than at any other time because I was studying at Oxford, not far from where she lived and worked at the time. The book is about three young people my grandmother was well into her 70s when she wrote it. It’s not that well-known, but it’s a real page-turner. I love the fact that your first book is Endless Night. I think the sum of those gives a fair representation of what she achieved during her long career. After that we have a short story, which gives me an opportunity to talk about her plays. I’ve also picked my favourite book that doesn’t feature those characters. I’ve always been a huge fan of the early Miss Marples, so I’ve chosen one of those. The only thing I give you credit for is that it’s easier than choosing one. Tell me more about how you chose the Agatha Christie books on your list.Ĭhoosing five was virtually impossible. I think she would have accepted the challenges of computers, modern communications and all the different visual representations of her work. I frequently ask myself how she might respond to a particular issue today. I’ve been involved in her business – books, television and film – for quite some time now. I often think we could do with more of the former and less of the latter today. She was a wonderful listener and always more interested in hearing what other people were doing than telling them about her success. When she was with the family, she was just normal and loving. She never tried to be famous or act a part. She was a lovely grandmother because she didn’t stand out at all. As her grandson, could you tell us what she was like? By all accounts, she was also a very humble person.
Foreign Policy & International RelationsĪgatha Christie books are-perhaps the- bestselling novels of all time.
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