A facsimile first edition hardback of the Miss Marple books, published to mark the 75th anniversary of her first appearance and to celebrate her new-found success on television. / A new series of Miss Marple editions, stylishly reset and repackaged, and designed to bring the books to a more contemporary readership. / Market research shows that two out of three of all fiction readers have read an Agatha Christie book, and more than half want to read her again / New Marple series on ITV averaged more than 8 million viewers - more this Christmas! / The Agatha Christie partwork was selling 35,000 copies each fortnight, while these are much more attractive and aimed at booklovers. / Very collectable and affordable at GBP10.00 each. (Danbury Mint's successful Ian Fleming/James Bond facsimile editions were GBP25.00 each.)
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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