THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD : (Dell, 18700)

New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1974. First Edition, 10th Printing . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW, showing margin discoloration. Softcover/VG/ sound; shelfworn w/surface wear; surface loss to upper front, chips to lower edge & humidity stain to upper back. Text blocks dyed green. Historical, international espionage set in 1950 Baghdad, Irag. First published 1951; this is a 1980 reprint. Agatha Christie (1980 - 1976) visited Iraq frequently from 1930's onwards with her second husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan. Book enriched with scenes true to life. It is 1950. Preliminary arrangements were being made for Badhdad to host a yet secret summit meeting of world leaders. At the same time young, beautiful, and headstrong Victoria Jones quits London for Baghdad to suprise her ew love whom she barely knows. Answering a knock on her hotel door, a wounded British intelligence agent staggers to die on her bed, in her arms --- his last words were: "Lucifer. ... Basrah ... Lefarge". Read the book to know what follows. Know historically, Iraq's British imposed Hashemite Monarchy was overthrown 1958 (14 July Revolution; USA presided by Eisenhower), with King Faisal II & family executed in the Rihab Palace's courtyard, and, Iraq withdrew from the Bagdad Pact to establish friendly relations with the USSR. Strong copy in a tired softcover.