South Africa, a part of the British Commonwealth and the country at the southern tip of the continent of Africa.[1]
Agatha Christie and South Africa[]
- Agatha Christie and her first husband visited South Africa on a diplomatic junket, promoting the British Empire Exhibition, in 1922.[2]
- When Agatha disapeared in 1926, she checked into the Swan Hydropathic Hotel. She posed as a Mrs Tressa Neele, from South Africa.
South Africa in the works by Agatha Christie[]
South Africa is featured in several of her stories including the novel The Man in the Brown Suit and the short story The Wife of the Kenite.
- Simeon Lee spent much time in South Africa in his youth digging for diamonds near Kimberley. Ebenezer Farr was his business partner. (Hercule Poirot's Christmas)
- Vincent Easton used to grow oranges in Transvaal in South Africa. (Magnolia Blossom)
- Lloyd Babbington, the son of the Reverend and Mrs Babbington, lives in South Africa. (Three Act Tragedy)
South Africa in the works by Mary Westmacott[]
- Gerry Lloyd went to South Africa to grow oranges. (A Daughter's a Daughter)