Mort Sur Le Nil / Le Vallon

by Agatha Christie, Henri Thiès, Alexis Champon

695 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1998

About the author

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)

Reviews

[Robert Dodds · Rating 3 out of 5]

I haven't read much Agatha Christie, but this was the perfect choice to get French 'into my head' again in preparation for a week in France. That's because her vocabulary is quite simple and repetitive, so not too many searches in the dictionary required! As for the story: well, the plot was ingenious and engaging, and the characterisation was nugatory. The denouement was absurd - but I still wanted to get to it! Christie's characters are more like chess pieces than real people - and the story is more puzzle than narrative. She's good at what she does - and millions of sales testify to that.

[Coralie Lambert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Je n'avais jamais lu ce classique d'Agatha Christie. Une enquête d'Hercule Poirot comme je les aime. Du suspense, de l'originalité mais pour une fois j'avais trouvé le coupable même si je n'étais pas sûre.
La très riche Linnett est assassinée dans son sommeil. Qui l'a tuée? Jackie l'ancienne fiancée de son mari? Son homme d'affaires américain? Est ce un crime crapuleux? (Son collier de perles a disparu)
Agatha Christie nous mène par le bout du nez et c'est très réussi.

[Iman Eyitayo · Rating 4 out of 5]

très bon ouvrage de christie !

[Danininini · Rating 2 out of 5]

Troooop de personnages, on s’y perd !