The Complete Christie: An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia

by Matthew Bunson

Included in this volume: a comprehensive biography of Christie, including new theories on her strange disappearance in 1926; plot synopses that offer colorful capsules of the stories (without giving away the solutions!); A-to-Z entries on characters from vicars to butlers, police sergeants to maids, each cross-referenced to the story or novel; detailed listings of all films, television programs, radio shows, and documentaries of Christie and her works; up-to-date entries on the most recent releases of previously unpublished Christie writings; and sixty illustrations, including book covers, shots from movies, and stage productions." "Whether you've read every title in the giant Christie canon, or are just discovering her writing, The Complete Christie reveals in delectable detail why the mystique, fascination, and brainteasing fun of the mysteries penned by the century's most successful writer remain forever undiminished.

Genres: Reference, Agatha Christie, Nonfiction, Mystery

464 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

About the author

Matthew Bunson (born 1966) is an American author of more than fifty books, a historian, professor, editor, Roman Catholic theologian, Senior Contributor for EWTN, the Catholic multimedia network, Senior Fellow at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, and Faculty Chair at Catholic Distance University.
He is the author of the books Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire, The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, The Vampire Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of American Catholic History, and Pope Francis, the first English-language biography of Pope Francis in 2013.
Bunson has a B.A. in history, an M.A. in Theology, a Master of Divinity, a Doctorate in Ministry and a Ph.D. in Church History from the Graduate Theological Foundation. He is on the faculty of the Catholic Distance University where he teaches Church History, including Roman Catholic-Islamic relations and Medieval and American Catholic History, and Catholic Social Teaching. He is a Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology.

Reviews

[Robyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't understand how I never put this on my GR shelves, I've owned it since it was published more than 20 years ago! It's an excellent reference, and while I rarely have to consult it to answer a question because I've read all of Christie's books enough times to mostly know the answers to my questions, it always has the information when I do need it. When I transitioned my complete works collection from print to ebooks (because moving everything Agatha Christie ever wrote, including nonfiction, special editions, and versions that were never published in this country takes a lot of boxes), I kept this in hardback, because it's worth the shelf space.

[Astrid Lim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Complete Christie is actually pretty complete ;) There were some errors here and there (I haven't read the whole book since it's full of character references and I only checked some that I'd just read recently), but it's pretty detailed and lots of interesting trivial stuff. The only thing I have to complain is the biography part. It's too short! Even Poirot's character analysis is longer than Christie's biography part. I guess I have to find another biography book of Christie to satisfy my need :)

[Edward · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a must-have reference for all Agatha Christie fans. It contains practically anything and everything the detail-oriented Agatha Christie fanatic would ever want to know about her works, from plot synopses to alphabetized character descriptions to listings of all her works that have been made into films and television programs.

[Heidi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not helpful for my purposes.

[Hana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing and very useful creation I love.