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Author: Agatha Christie

About the Author: Agatha Christie is considered the greatest author in history in terms of the spread of her books and the number of copies sold, and she is – undisputedly – the most famous crime story writer in the twentieth century and in all ages. Her novels have been translated into most living languages, and nearly two billion (two thousand million) copies have been printed! Agatha Christie was born in Torquay, southern England, in 1890 and died in 1976, aged about eighty-five. Agatha never went to school, but was educated at home by her mother, who encouraged and encouraged her to write early in her life. These stories are distinguished by their precise plot, coherence of events, and logical sequence. Sinking into the depths of human souls, analyzing their potentials, searching for their motives with a brilliant genius and insight. She always made sure to tell us in her: “Goodness must triumph,” and “Crime does not help.”

Towards Zero book pdf download By Agatha Christie

An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house… What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gull’s Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. It’s all part of a carefully paid plan – for murder. ………. This is often thought to be one of Agatha Christie’s finest stories and is the last of the five novels to feature Superintendant Battle. The story itself came together quickly and clearly, as can be seen from Christie’s notebooks. Her notes are detailed and closely resemble the published version – she even drew a map of the coastline around Gull’s Point, which plays an important part in the story. Names and motivations underwent slight changes from the first notes, and almost at the point of publication, Christie reworked the ending to the one we are familiar with now, though unfortunately nothing of her ‘first’ ending survives. Many of Christie’s novels were first serialised in magazines and Towards Zero was no exception. Collier’s Magazine with a circulation of over 2.5 million at the time published the novel in 3 parts in May 1944. Her American publishers Dodd Mead followed with the true first edition in June and Collins published their hardback in July 1944. In 1956 the novel was dramatised by Agatha Christie and playwright Gerald Verner, produced by Peter Saunders, and opened at the St James’s Theatre in London’s West End on 4th September. The 1995 film Innocent Lies was originally based on the novel but the connection was never used to promote the film as the script was unacceptable to the family. The story was then adapted for British television in 2007 with the addition of Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple. Also in 2007 a French production company released a more faithful feature film adaptation, L’Heure Zéro, which starred François Morel as Commissaire Martin Bataille (‘battle’ in French). More recently still in 2010, BBC Radio 4 dramatised the novel for its afternoon play slot.

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