Advantages: very entertaining film Disadvantages: not exactly true to the book
The Clouds stars David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, Philip Jackson as CI James Japp, Sarah Woodward as Jane Grey, Shaun Scott and Norman Gale, Cathryn Harrison as Lady Cicely Horbury, Guy Manning as the French archaeologist Jean Dupont, Roger Heathcott as Daniel Clancy as well as David Firth, Roger Heathcott, Eve Pearce, Gabrille Lloyd, Amanda Royle & Richard Ireson in supporting roles. The film was adapted from the AgathaChristie book (of the same name) by William Humble and directed by Stephen Whittaker. The film runs for 1 hour 40 minutes, is rated PG and was first released in 1992.
My Opinion
I had read the book Death in the Clouds some time ago and vaguely remembered who had committed the murder and how (or maybe there are murders, I'm not telling you) but couldn't remember exactly why. Knowing who the killer was did not deter ...
Advantages: Keeps you intrigued until the end. Surprising ending, quite takes your breath away. Disadvantages: Just that the ending is so good, you can't forget it, so re-reading means it has to be done knowing the ending.
Introduction
My second favourite AgathaChristie ever, second only to Sleeping Murder. How she managed to think up so many excellent plots is beyond me. There is no-one to even touch the number of quality books that she had published. Anyone who hasn't read one, please do - there's something to charm everyone.
The plot
Charles Hayward returns from his Foreign Office post abroad, with the aim of asking his girlfriend, Sophia Leonides, to marry him. He is shocked to find on arrival that her grandfather, Aristide Leonides, has died and that it was not an accident. His father being the Assistant Commissioner, means that Charles has special access to information and he accepts Sophia's invitation to go and stay with the Leonides family to help solve the murder. If the murderer is the "right" person, ie Aristide's young widow, Brenda ...
Imagine how pleased I was when I came across this category whereby one can write about authors and to find my favourite detective novel author, Dame AgathaChristie - undisputed "Queen of Crime", in here pleased me even more!
HER LIFE
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquary in Devon on 15th September 1890 to Frederick Alvah Millier (an American stockbroker) and Clarissa Margaret Boehmer (the daughter of a British army captain). She had a sister eleven years her senior and a brother ten years her senior. Her father died when she was 11 and she was home-schooled by her mother until the age of 16 when she was sent to Mrs Dryden's finishing school in Paris.
She married her first husband, Colonel Archibald Christie when she was 24 and divorced him 14 years later as the marriage was an unhappy one. The couple had ...
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Product details
Type
Audio Cassette
Title
Four-and-twenty Blackbirds
Author
Agatha Christie
Genre
Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Subgenre
Mystery
Publisher
HarperCollins Audio
Edition
Abridged
ISBN
0007103433
EAN
9780007103430
Manufacturer's product description
When friendship becomes love, two people must face their greatest fear - being hurt again! The powerful new besteller from the country's number one storyteller. Luke Hammond: handsome, rich, charismatic, cursed by private tragedy. Amy Maitland: humble and kind with a good - but wounded - heart. When they meet by chance in a cafe run by Amy's best friend Daisy, a spark of love takes hold of their hearts. But neither are sure that they can dare to love again. And what of Luke's public life, hidden from Amy? The owner of a large factory, he is a pillar of the community, married - though in name only. But Luke is also a sensitive and emotional man, whose greatest joy is retreating to his woodland cabin, nestled deep in the Ribble Valley, where he creates powerful paintings. Amy is torn between her head and her heart, but her sense of honour is paramount - and when she discovers his true identity, she is thrown into even greater turmoil. Then disaster strikes the factory - and with it Daisy. Suddenly, the future looks troubled indeed!. About the AuthorJosephine Cox was born in Blackburn, one of ten children. At sixteen, Josephine married her husband Ken. When their two sons started school, Josephine went to college and gained a place at Cambridge University. She did not take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went into teaching - and started to write her first full-length novel. She won the 'Superwoman of Great Britain' Award at the same time as her novel was accepted for publication.
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