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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’t 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 BBC Radio 4 in December 2022.