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Agatha Christie was a prolific writer and by the age of 67 she had written 57 best sellers and was to attain a career total of 79 crime novels and 19 plays. She also wrote six romantic novels under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott.
The demand for Agatha Christie collectables just grows and grows. Her old home, Greenway House in Devon, is now owned by the National Trust and the grounds are open to visitors. The house is being restored and the Trust hopes that it will open to visitors in 2009.
There is a worldwide interest in Agatha Christie and not only do new editions and collections of her work appear almost every year, but the collector also has a bewildering choice of TV dramatisations and films to amass as well. Her most famous detective, Hercule Poirot has been brilliantly portrayed for TV by actor David Suchet and many fine dramatisations have been enjoyed by millions of people around the world.
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