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8 Dame Gracie Fields: A Murder Is Announced

Haining, Peter,
Murder in Four Acts
(London, Virgin Books, 1990)

Osbourne, Charles,
The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie
(London, HarperCollins, 2000)

Richards, Jeffrey, ‘Dame Gracie Fields’, in Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

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AGAZINES:

Herald Express

New York Times

TV Guide (USA)

9 Lord Carnarvon: The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

Christie, Agatha,
Poirot Investigates
(London, The Bodley Head, 1924)

Carter, Howard, and Mace, A.C.,
The Tomb of Tutankhamun
(London, Cassell & Co., 1923)

Furneaux, Rupert,
The World’s Strangest Mysteries
(London, Odhams Press, 1961)

Fagan, Brian. ‘Herbert, George Edward Stanhope Molyneaux, Fifth Earl of Carnavon’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

James, T.G.H., ‘Howard Carter’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

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AGAZINES:

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 3,
Death on the Nile
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2001)

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 71,
Poirot Investigates
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2004)

10 Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh: Dead Man’s Folly

Nicholls, Mark, and Williams, Penry, ‘Sir Walter Raleigh’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Prince, John,
Worthies of Devon
(London, Longman, 1810)

Rapple, Rory, ‘Sir Humphrey Gilbert’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

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AGAZINES:

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 74,
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2004)

11 Robert Graves: Towards Zero

Graves, Richard Perceval, ‘Robert von Ranke Graves’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Jones, Nigel,
Countdown to Valkyrie
(London, Frontline Books, 2009)

Seymour-Smith, Martin,
Robert Graves: His Life and Work
(London, Hutchinson, 1982)

Thompson, Laura,
Agatha Christie: An English Mystery
(London, Headline Review, 2007)

12 Madge Watts: The Claimant

Christie, Agatha,
An Autobiography
(London, Collins, 1977)

McWilliam, Rohan, ‘Sir Henry Tichborne’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

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AGAZINES:

Illustrated London News

People

The Times

13 Rudyard Kipling: The House Surgeon

Carrington, Charles,
Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work
(London, Macmillan, 1953)

Kipling, Rudyard,
Something of Myself
(London, Macmillan, 1937)

Pinney, Thomas, ‘Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

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AGAZINES:

Torquay Times

14 Dr Crippen: Three Act Tragedy

Fido, Martin, ‘Crippen, Hawley Harvey’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Fido, Martin,
The World of Agatha Christie
(London, Carlton Books Ltd, 1977)

Gaute, J.H.H. & Odell, Robin,
The Murderer’s Who’s Who
(London, Pan Books, 1980)

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AGAZINES:

The Times

Newark Evening Star

The Agatha Christie Collection. No. 21,
Dumb Witness
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2002)

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 35,
Mrs McGinty’s Dead
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2001)

15 Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

King, H.G.R., ‘Robert Falcon Scott’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Savours, Ann, ‘Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry,
South
(London, Heinemann, 1919)

Scott, R.F.,
Scott’s Last Voyage
(London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1913)

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AGAZINES:

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 39,
Ordeal by Innocence
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2003)

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 67,
The Thirteen Problems
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2004)

16 Billie Carleton: The Affair at the Victory Ball

Cochran, C.B.,
Secrets of a Showman
(London, William Heinemann, 1925)

Hore, Philip, ‘Billie Carleton’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

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AGAZINES:

Evening News

The Times

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 10,
The Big Four
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2001)

17 The Sinking of the
Lusitania
: The Secret Adversary

Wawro, Dr Geoffrey (Ed.),
Historica: 100 Years of Our Lives and Times
(Elanora Heights, NSW, Australia, Millennium Publishing, 2006)

Visual History of the Twentieth Century
(Goldalming, Colour Direct Ltd, 1999)

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AGAZINES:

The Times

Western Morning News

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 6,
The Secret Adversary
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2001)

18 Lawrence of Arabia: They Came to Baghdad

James, Lawrence, ‘Lawrence, T.E.’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Hearn, Chester G.,
Spies & Espionage: A Directory
(San Diego, Thunder Bay Press, 2006)

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AGAZINES:

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 42,
They Came to Baghdad
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2003)

19 Eden Phillpotts: Peril At End House

Christie, Agatha,
An Autobiography
(London, Collins, 1977)

Dayananda, James, ‘Mary Adelaide Eden Phillpotts’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Moult, Thomas, ‘Eden Phillpotts’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
, (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Ross, A,
Reverie: An Autobiography
(London, Robert Hale, 1981)

20 Charles Lindbergh: Murder on the Orient Express

Caren, Eric C. (Ed.),
Crime Extra: 300 Years of Crime in North America
(New Jersey. Castle Books, 2001)

Erwin, Douglas,
Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago
(New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 2006)

Erwin, Douglas, The
Great Paleozoic Crisis: Life and Death in the Permian
(New York, Columbia University Press, 1993)

Gaute, J.H.H. & Odell, Robin,
The Murderer’s Who’s Who
, (London, Pan Books, 1980)

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AGAZINES:

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 1,
Murder on the Orient Express
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2001)

Journals and Magazines:

Herald Express

21 Frank Vosper: Love From A Stranger

White, Patrick,
Flaws In the Glass
(London, Cape, 1981)

Website Sources:

Gay for Today

Martin Edwards’s Crime Writing Blog

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AGAZINES:

Daily Mail

Daily Mirror

The Times

22 Sir Christopher Lee: Murder Is Easy

Lee, Christopher,
Lord of Misrule: The Autobiography of Christopher Lee
(London, Orion Books, 2004)

Holgate, Mike,
Murder & Crime: Devon
, (Stroud, Tempus Publishing, 2007)

Odell, Robin,
Exhumation of a Murder: The Life and Trial of Major Armstrong
(London, Harrap, 1975)

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AGAZINES:

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 58, Sleeping Murder (Agatha Christie Ltd, 2004)

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 72, Partners In Crime (Agatha Christie Ltd, 2004)

23 Dennis O’Neill: The Mousetrap

Gregg, Hubert,
Agatha Christie and All That Mousetrap
, (London, William Kimber & Co. Ltd, 1980)

Stephens, Francis (Ed.).
Theatre World Annual No. 4
, (London, Rockliffe Publishing Corporation, 1953)

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AGAZINES:

Daily Express

The Financial Times

The Times

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 54,
Lord Edgware Dies
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2003)

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 75,
The Mousetrap
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2004)

24 Klaus Fuchs and Bruno Pontecorvo: Destination Unknown

Flowers, Mary, ‘Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Hearn, Chester G.,
Spies & Espionage: A Directory
(San Diego, Thunder Bay Press, 2006)

Kerr, Sheila, ‘Guy Francis de Money Burgess’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

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AGAZINES:

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 65,
Destination Unknown
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2004)

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 68,
Passenger to Frankfurt
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2004)

25 Dame Margaret Rutherford: Murder Most Foul

Gielgud, John, ‘Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Haining, Peter,
Murder in Four Acts
(London, Virgin Books, 1990)

Merriman, Andy,
Margaret Rutherford
(London, Aurum, 2009)

Rutherford, Margaret,
Margaret Rutherford: An Autobiography as told to Gwen Robyns
(London, W.H. Allen, 1972)

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AGAZINES:

Daily Mail

Evening News

Independent on Sunday

The Times

26 Roy James: At Bertram’s Hotel

Reynolds, Bruce,
Autobiography of a Thief
(London, Corgi, 1995)

Crimes and Criminals
(London, W. & R. Chambers Ltd, 1992)

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AGAZINES:

Herald Express

The Times

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 62,
At Bertram’s Hotel
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2004)

27 Lord Mountbatten: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Christie, Agatha,
An Autobiography
(London, Collins, 1977)

Davis, Lee,
Assassination: Twenty Assassinations That Changed the World
(Abingdon, Transedition Books, 1993)

Zeigler, Philip, ‘Mountbatten, Earl Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

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AGAZINES:

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 10,
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2001)

28 Sir Peter Ustinov: Evil Under the Sun

Bailey, Brian, ‘Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov’ in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
(Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004)

Davis, Lee,
Assassination: Twenty Assassinations That Changed the World
(Abingdon, Transedition Books, 1993)

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M
AGAZINES:

Hindustan Times

Time

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 3,
Death on the Nile
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2001)

29 Vanessa Redgrave: Agatha

Fido, Martin,
The World of Agatha Christie
(London, Carlton Books Ltd, 1977)

Lahr, John (Ed.),
The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan
(London, Bloomsbury, 2001)

Tynan, Kathleen,
Agatha: A Mystery Novel
(London, Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1978)

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AGAZINES:

Independent

Sunday Express

The Times

30 Agatha Christie: Ordeal by Innocence

Gaute, J.H.H. & Odell, Robin,
The Murderer’s Who’s Who
, (London, Pan Books, 1980)

Thompson, Laura,
Agatha Christie: An English Mystery
(London, Headline Review, 2007)

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M
AGAZINES:

Illustrated London News

Sunday Chronicle

Sunday Times

The Agatha Christie Collection No. 39,
Ordeal by Innocence
(Agatha Christie Ltd, 2003)

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