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Radio 4,23 Dec 2022,14 mins

Available for 26 days

After a hugely successful career, Dame Agatha finds later life can be liberating Born in 1890 into a world that had its own rules about what women could and couldn’t do, Agatha Christie became the most prolific detective novelist during the Golden Age of detective fiction. She went on to become the best-selling author of all time. Concluded and written by Lucy Worsley Abridged by Richard Hamilton. Producer: Justine Willett First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2022.

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