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After finding herself in demand among the colonials of Egypt, Agatha Christie marries a dashing pilot, and decides to try writing a detective novel...

Agatha was born in 1890 into a world with its own rules about what women could and couldn鈥檛 do.

She was to become the most prolific detective novelist during the Golden Age of detective-fiction, and went on to become the best-selling author of all time.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Written and read by Lucy Worsley

Producer: Justine Willett

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in December 2022.