Heres a virtual movie of crime writer Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976) discussing her two best loved detective characters Miss Maple & Hercule Poirot. The sound recording comes from recently discovered audio tapes she dictated whilst writing her biography in the mid 1960′s. Agatha Christie’s first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles was published in 1920 and introduced the long-running character detective Hercule Poirot, who appeared in 33 of Christie’s novels and 54 short stories.. Her other well known character, Miss Marple, was introduced in The Tuesday Night Club in 1927 (short story), and was based on women like Christie’s grandmother and her « cronies ».[ Recordings made almost half a century ago have offered a rare insight into one of the most mysterious of mystery writers. Agatha Christie, who was born 118 years ago today, dictated the tapes on a Grundig Memorette machine in the mid-1960s to help write her autobiography. They lay unnoticed in Christies Devon home until her grandson Matthew Prichard stumbled upon the 27 half-hour tapes in a cardboard box. The autobiography was published posthumously in 1977 but the recordings of Christies distinctive voice reveal greater detail of her literary life than the book divulged. Christie admitted that she had never planned for Miss Marple to become one of her great characters. I have now no recollection at all of writing Murder in the Vicarage, she said. I dont even remember why it was that I selected a new character, Miss …

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