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They Came to Baghdad
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Thriller Book Club, Collins, 1951. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good Only. 7.5" by 5". None. An uncommon issue of Agatha Christie's adventure thriller, inspired by her own trips to Baghdad with her second husband. Published by Collins' 'Thriller Club' imprint the same year as her true first edition issued by the Crime Club. Whilst Agatha Christie is widely known for her popular detective fiction, with such influential characters as Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Christie also wrote a small selection of novels belonging to the action and spy fiction genres, such as this work 'They Came to Baghdad'. This work begins in the centre of Baghdad, the city chosen for a secret summit of superpowers, all concerned but not convinced about the development of an unidentified and undescribed secret weapon. However, the secret British agent who can prove the details of this secret weapon is killed by a shadowy group who are plotting to sabotage the event. It is then up to the enthusiastic young "adventurer" Victoria Jones to decipher the agent's dying last works and save the summit. With the original unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With an unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Tape residue to the front board. Dustwrapper is sound. Chips to the extremities and a tape repair to the head of front wrap, rear wrap and internally to the head and tail of both wraps. Hole oto the spine of dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned and clean. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
E-book exclusive extras: 'Agatha Christie in Baghdad,' extensive selections from Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Plus: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on They Came to Baghdad.Agatha Christie first visited Baghdad as a tourist in 1927; many years later she would become a resident of the exotic and then open city, and it was here, and while on archaeological digs throughout Iraq with her husband, Sir Max Mallowan, that Agatha Christie wrote some of her most important works.They Came to Baghdad is one of Agatha Christie's highly successful forays into the spy thriller genre. In this novel, Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret superpower summit. But the word is out, and an underground organisation is plotting to sabotage the talks.Into this explosive situation stumbles Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded secret agent dies in her hotel room. Now, if only she could make sense of his final words: 'Lucifer... Basrah... Lefarge...'
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Details
- Seller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 776L2
- Title
- They Came to Baghdad
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Thriller Book Club, Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Baghdad Crime Christie Crime
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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