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The World of Agatha Christie is a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle created by illustrator Ilya Milstein for Laurence King Publishing. Agatha Christie is depicted in the centre of the picture, and the room she is in is filled with objects referencing her life and literary works.

A large fold out colour poster of the puzzle is provided. Users are challenged to find up to 90 objects which references the life or works of Agatha Christie. On the reverse side of the poster is a brief biography of Christie as well as an annotated answer key to the 90 objects in the puzzle, although there are conceivably more than 90 of them as some objects are not labelled.

Objects in the puzzle[]

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The puzzle is 68 cm x 48 cm. The co-ordinates are in cm in (x,y) format. The x axis runs from left to right and the y axis from bottom to top. So the bottom left corner is 0,0.

Serial numbers 1-90 are the original objects given in the answer key provided with the puzzle. Serial numbers beyond 90 refer to objects not found in the answer key.

# Object Co-ordinates
1 Roller skates 8,13 The young Christie used to roller skate on Princess Pier, Torquay.
2 Nurse's uniform 10,17 Christie volunteered as a VAD nurse during World War 1.
3 Torquay Town Hall 1,40 Where Christie worked as a VAD nurse, 1914-1915
4 Poison bottle 9,32 Christie developed her expertise in poisons while working as a dispenser with the VAD after her stint as a nurse
5 Notebook 30,18 Christie jotted down plot lines and ideas in notebooks before developing them into stories. Many have been published in Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making.
6 Moustaches 5,26 Such as on her famous Belgian detective. In her An Autobiography, Christie wrote about how her character gradually took form but surprisingly, among the various attributes, a moustache is not mentioned.
7 Hercule Poirot 26,13
8 Strychnine 58,18 Agatha Christie deployed stychnine in her first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles
9 Secret papers 66,14 Such as in The Secret Adversary.
10 Picture of Agatha Christie on board the Kildonan Castle 21,40 Agatha Christie traveled to South African on this ship as part of her Grand Tour. This ship is the inspiration for the Kilmorden Castle in The Man in the Brown Suit.
11 surfboard 14,24 Christie learnt to surf at Muizenberg in South Africa while on her Grand Tour.
12 souvenirs 13,33 Representative of the souvenirs she collected on her Grand Tour.
13 surfing 59,39 Christie also surfed in Hawaii, and was reportedly the first European woman to learn to surf standing up.
14 Niagara Falls 3,38 Christie visited the Niagara Falls on her Grand Tour.
15 Suitcase 62,1 Representative of Christie's lifelong love of travel.
16 Tisane 44,5 One of Poirot's favourite drinks
17 Crème de menthe 39,2 Another of Poirot's famous drinks
18 Card house 27,6 Poirot liked to build card houses to calm his nerves. E.g. Peril at End House, Three Act Tragedy.
19 Patent leather shoes 63,10 A favourite footwear of Poirot's
20 Morris Cowley 50,23 The first car owned by Agatha Christie
21 Orient Express 57,34 In 1928 Agatha Christie traveled to the Middle-east on the Orient Express. Later this famous train was the setting for her novel Murder on the Orient Express
22 Jane Marple 40,14 A new detective character which Christie first wrote about in 1930 [[Murder at the Vicarage].
23 Binoculars 57,26 Birdwatching was a hobby of Miss Marple. This gave her an excuse to observe her surroundings carefully without appearing suspicious.
24 Knitting 64,27 Another hobby of Miss Marple. This allowed her to "get involved" with local activities and get to know locals in the places she was visiting.
25 Cowslip wine 59,33 Suitable for calming people. Miss Marple offers Elspeth McGillicuddy one in 4.50 from Paddington
26 Giant's Bread 26,3 Cover of first edition
27 Harlequin's mask 62,22 Representative of Mr Quin
28 Parker Pyne's newspaper advertisement 8,1 Representative of Parker Pyne
29 Tub of apples 24,14 Representative of Ariadne Oliver, also features in Hallowe'en Party
30 Eric the skull 29,35 Agatha Christie helped found the Detection Club in 1930. New members swore an oath by placing their hand on Eric the skull.
31 Winterbrook 62,42
32 The River Dart 24,26
33 Agatha Christie's mug 29,1
34 Mural 27,40 This is in the style of the frieze on the wall of the library at Greenway. Here it has reimagined with depictions of scenes from her books.
35 Picture of Devon 45,40 Devon was the source of inspiration for many of her stories.
36 camera 56,35 Agatha Christie helped at Max Mallowan's archaeological excavations by photographing the artefacts. As did Victoria Jones in They Came to Baghdad.
37 Pyramids 33,38 Several novels were set in Egypt. Agatha Christie much time here, staying, among other places, for a year at the Cataract Hotel.
38 Ocean liner 3,34 Representative of Agatha Christie's travels. Several stories featured ocean liners.
39 Isokon Building 8,42 Agatha Christie lived here during World War 2
40 University College Hospital 41,42 During World War 2, Christie served as a dispenser again, this time at University College Hospital.
41 Typewriter 32,21 Agatha Christie's typewriter is on display at Greenway.
42 Mousetrap 43,11 Celebrates her famous play The Mousetrap
43 Pale Horse Inn sign 30,12 Representative of The Pale Horse
44 Sarcophagus 1,21 A body was found in a sarcophagus in 4.50 from Paddington
45 Golden Palm 6,22 Representative of the Golden Palm Hotel in A Caribbean Mystery
46 Pearl necklace 55,26 Significant in A Murder is Announced
47 Chipping Cleghorn Gazette 59,14 In many stories newspapers play a significant role
48 Blackbird 45,15 Both this and #49 occur in A Pocket Full of Rye
49 Clothes peg 19,10
50 Axe 54,12 This and #51 and #52 occur in And Then There Were None
51 Noose 47,3
52 Gramophone 2,2
53 Petra 15,41 Both this and #54 occur in Appointment with Death
54 Hypodemic needle 65,27
55 Tennis Racquet 45,8 Both this and #56 occur in Cat Among the Pigeons
56 Jewels 5,2
57 fete bunting 66,17 As seen in Dead Man's Folly
58 floppy hat 7,11 Has a plot role in Dead Man's Folly
59 Boat House 25,28 Has a plot role in Dead Man's Folly
60 Blowpipe This, #61 and #62 occur in Death in the Clouds
61 Aeroplane
62 Wasp



91 Dictaphone 9,22 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
92 Mid-size black dog 21,7 Could be a Manchester terrier like Bingo
93 Small brown and white terrier 54,4 Could be a wire fox terrier like Peter or Bob in Dumb Witness
94 Book: Sparkling Cyanide 14,6 Collins first edition cover
95 Book: The Hound of Death and Other Stories 16,4 Cover of first edition cover
96 Book: Mrs McGinty's Dead 15,4 Cover of first US edition
97 Book: Dead Man's Folly 16,1 Cover of first UK edition
98 Book: Death on the Nile 19,1 Cover of first UK edition
99 Torquay Pavilion 64,37 Archie Christie proposed to Agatha here.
100 Ashfield 9,35 Agatha Christie's childhood home.
101 Sarcophagus Death Comes as the End



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