Name: Come, Tell Me How You Live
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Agatha Christie

Chronicles the famous author's time in the 1930s in Syria with her archaeologist husband as he investigated ancient ruins and wonders.

An Archaeological Memoir

Come, Tell Me How You Live

Laura Mauler

This is a book to delight Agatha Christie fans. Other readers may enjoy it, but the real magic is getting a behind-the-scenes look at both her life and how she came to some of the settings we later enjoy in her mysteries. For example, she describes her delight in taking the Orient Express from Calais to Istanbul, how she always loved the look of it from afar and was so excited when she got to take it the very first time, and how the charm of it has never left her on subsequent trips. Well, Christie fans know what she did with this train! 

Her particular style of writing, with its sharp observations and subtle humor, is just as charming in a non-fiction book as in her mysteries. I felt an overwhelming urge to find some archeological dig and offer to do all the cataloging and photography for them, just like Agatha Christie did on the 5 digs described in this book.

Come, Tell Me how You Live

Anna

Perfect read for a rainy afternoon or if you have to travel a few hours.
It's full of charming storys and has a way to that not all hardships are bad that you can look back at hard times and still find joy in them.

Jemima Scott

Rikke Lohse

Maryam Hasan

Agatha Christie S Memoirs About Her Travels To Syria And Iraq In The 1930S With Her Archaeologist Husband Max Mallowan Agatha Christie Was Already Well Known As A Crime Writer When She Accompanied Her Husband, Max Mallowan, To Syria And Iraq In The 1930S. She Took Enormous Interest In All His Excavations, And When Friends Asked What Her Strange Life Was Like, She Decided To Answer Their Questions In This Delightful Book. First Published In 1946, Come, Tell Me How You Live Is Now Reissued In B Format. It Gives A Charming Picture Of Agatha Christie Herself, And Is, As Jacquetta Hawkes Concludes In Her Introduction, A Pure Pleasure To Read .

Come, Tell Me How You Live An Archaeological Memoir

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