In 1929, after the death of her mother and divorce from Archie Christie, Agatha Christie traveled on the Orient Express across Europe to Iraq and, from there, by local train to Leonard Woolley's excavations at Ur. The nature of these influences is fully explored in the exhibition Agatha Christie and Archaeology, at the British Museum until March 24. One of the most important of these is archaeology and, by extension, her relationship with her second husband, the archaeologist Max Mallowan. Christie's life, however, has never engendered the same kind of attention, and aspects of it that had direct impact on her novels often go unnoticed. Twenty-six years after her death, all of Agatha Christie's detective novels and short story collections remain in print clearly, interest in her work has not abated.
Museums: In the Field with Agatha Christie
