Agatha Christie

Every entry, with its source

At 0

1. Sep 15, 1890

   Born in Torquay, Devon

   Into a comfortable upper-middle-class family. Her father died when she was 11.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 24

1. Oct 1914

   Volunteer nurse at a Red Cross hospital in Torquay

   Later a dispenser in the hospital pharmacy, where she learned about poisons.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Dec 24, 1914

   Married Archibald Christie

   On Christmas Eve. They had met at a dance in 1912.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 25

1. c. 1916

   Wrote her first detective novel, at 25

   The Mysterious Affair at Styles introduced Hercule Poirot. Six rejections followed.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 30

1. Oct 1920

   The Mysterious Affair at Styles finally published

   In the US first; the UK edition came in January 1921. Her daughter Rosalind had been born in August 1919.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 36

1. Dec 3, 1926

   Vanished for 11 days

   Her car was found abandoned. She turned up at a Harrogate hotel, registered under the surname of her husband's lover.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 38

1. Oct 1928

   Divorce made absolute

   That year she took the Orient Express to Istanbul and Baghdad.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 39

1. c. 1930

   The Murder at the Vicarage: Miss Marple's first novel

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 40

1. Sep 1930

   Married archaeologist Max Mallowan, 13 years younger

   They met on a dig in Iraq. She spent months each year on excavations from then on.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 43

1. Jan 1, 1934

   Murder on the Orient Express published

   By the Collins Crime Club.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 49

1. Nov 6, 1939

   And Then There Were None published

   Over 100 million copies by 2007, the best-selling mystery novel ever.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 62

1. Nov 25, 1952

   The Mousetrap opens in London

   Still running: the longest initial run of any play.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 80

1. c. 1971

   Made a Dame (DBE) at 80

   She had been appointed CBE in 1956.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 84

1. c. 1975

   Curtain: Poirot's last case published

   Written during the Second World War and locked away. Poirot got a front-page obituary in The New York Times.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 85

1. Jan 12, 1976

   Died at 85 at Winterbrook House

   West End theatres dimmed their lights.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org