Agatha Christie Research Paper

Agatha Christie was born to Frederick and Clarissa Miller on September 15, 1980 in Torquay, England. From young age Christie showed signs of being a very bright individual. Christie taught herself to read before she reached the age of five (Osborne 111). Christie was educated at home by her parents and nurse up until her teenage years when she was sent to boarding school in France. As a child, Christie had access to any book she deemed worthy of her time. Christie had a very peaceful and orderly childhood in her mother’s well-ordered household. However, there where occasions when her mother would make impulse decisions to go on adventures. Many of her mystery stories can be attributed to these sudden adventures. Christie’s adult life was

Some of these include World War I, the Charles Lindbergh kidnapping case, and the real life Orient Express. While Christie’s first husband, Archie Christie, was fighting in World War I she worked as a chemist’s assistant in a dispensary. It is here that she became very familiar with poisons and death. This knowledge is prevalent in many of her novels and also why she is able to accurately depict the descriptions of many murder cases (Rollyson 642). Around the time of Agatha Christie was writing Murder on the Orient Express was when the tragic Lindbergh kidnapping occurred. In March of 1932, Charles Lingbergh’s son was kidnapped and killed. This is where Christie got the idea for the kidnapping and murder of Daisy Armstrong, which was actually suggested by her second husband Max Mallowan (“Murder 112”). The final historical connection is none other than the real life train named, the Orient Express. After riding on the train she was inspired to write about it. Christie had wanted to ride on the train for many years previous to when she wrote the novel. Riding on the train gave her a chance to make sure all her details were accurate (“Murder