Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was the result of a dare from her sister Madge who challenged her to write a story. The story begins when Hastings is sent back to England from the First World War due to injury and is invited to spend his sick leave at the beautiful Styles Court by his old friend John Cavendish.

Arthur Hastings is on leave from World War I when he runs into an old friend, John Cavendish. After they’ve gotten reacquainted, John invites Hastings to spend time at his family’s country house, Styles Court.

2020年1月14日 · In this official and fully restored edition, Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all, now featuring a “missing chapter” and exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery. Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom?

2019年4月30日 · Agatha Christie’s debut novel was the first to feature Hercule Poirot, her famously eccentric Belgian detective. A refugee of the Great War, Poirot is settling in England near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactress, the elderly Emily Inglethorp.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles isn’t just Agatha Christie’s debut novel—it’s also the first of many books that revolve around the cunning Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

1997年3月1日 · "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" by Agatha Christie is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the mysterious death of an elderly matriarch, Mrs. Inglethorp, at Styles Court, her estate in Essex, and the …

2024年2月5日 · The Mysterious Affair at Styles offers a brilliant, succinct, tightly woven plot from the master of the mystery genre, Agatha Christie. Her hand-drawn maps and scribbled notes peppered throughout the book only add to the remarkable ornateness of …

2020年10月15日 · For The Mysterious Affair at Styles, he’s imagined Styles Court as a Tudor Revival country manse, replete with dark timbering, tall chimneys, and overhanging floors. As to who that silhouetted figure is in the foreground, well, it just might represent the reader, musing on the disconnect between this dignified abode and the intrigues it contains.

Agatha Christie's first novel set during WW1 sees the popular detective of many of her later novels - one Hercule Poirot - living in England as a refugee near Styles Court, the country estate of his wealthy benefactress, Emily Inglethorp.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel written by Agatha Christie in 1916 during the time she was serving as a VAD dispenser at the Torbay Infirmary and Dispensary. After being rejected by some six publishers, it was finally accepted by John Lane who had it …