Today we want to talk about one of the masterpieces of Agatha Christie(1891 – 1976), one of the most widely read authors of the 20th century thanks to her many detective works her. And among all her vast production we want to stop atThe Assassination of Roger Ackroyd, published in 1926 at the beginning of her long literary career
One of her most famous main characters appears in this work. We are referring to the refinedHercules Poirot, although throughout this plot set in the British countryside, the famous detective is going to have before him one of his most complicated cases to solve. And only at the end will he find the mystery, which of course we are not going to reveal here. Among other things because the end of this black novel is one of the most surprising of all Agatha Christie's production, so much so that for many it is not only her best novel, but a second reading is even better than the first, even meeting the killer.
On the other hand, it has many of the qualities of this author's style. That is to say, there are excellent psychological pictures, as well as very truthful dialogues. And on the other hand, the English atmosphere of the time is perfectly described. Although Agatha Christie also described other more exotic settings in her works, such as Death on the NileorMurder on the Orient Express. And you have to keep insays that the author traveled a lot, especially to the Middle East where she spent long periods accompanying her second husband, Max Mallowan, who was an archaeologist.
Before that, she had been married since 1914 to Archibald Christie, from whom she took her last name. At that time the author was a simple nurse who attended the soldiers of the World War I. During that marriage she would publish, already in 1920, her first story:The Mysterious Case of Styles, and she would not stop until practically the last years of her life.
However, her first marriage ended in 1928. An episode that plunged her into a long depression and even led her to receive psychiatric treatment for a time. She, however, ended up recovered and continuing to write neatly. Especially police stories starring Poirot and the other great character in her novels: the old lady Miss Marple. Characters who are already part of the select club of the most famous literary detectives in the world, along with others like Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes or Philip Marlowe by Raymond Chandler.
Although Agatha Christie's indefatigable capacity for work and her overflowing imagination also led her to write plots featuring other characters. In addition to the fact that she dared to write plays like The Mousetrap, and also other more romantic books, although she always published them under a different name:Mary Westmaccot.
