At home with the Queen of Crime

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At home with the Queen of Crime

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Mar 12-Nov 30. 'At home with the Queen of Crime’ features author Agatha Christie who lived with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan in Wallingford, from 1934 till her death in 1976. Many of her novels were written there. The house (a private residence) lies in the parish of Cholsey, just outside the Wallingford town boundary, and is identifiable by its Oxfordshire Blue Plaque. The exhibition takes you behind the scenes to her home life, featuring photographs of her at Winterbrook House and memories of local people who met her. You can read several personally handwritten letters which reveal her love of pantomimes and her gradual frustration as her health declined in her final years. Christie was a very private person, something Wallingford has always respected, but this exhibition opens the door just enough to give poignant and fascinating glimpses of the local life of the world’s most famous and best-selling writer, rightly dubbed ‘The Queen of Crime’. Viewing Tue-Sat, 2-5pm. Admission (forms season ticket) £4.

When:

12 Mar 2013 - 30 Nov 2013 14:00 - 17:00 every Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat

Where:

Wallingford Museum, Flint House, 52 High Street, OX10 0DB Wallingford

Tel:

01491 835065

Email:

admin@wallingfordmuseum.org.uk

Price:

Season ticket £4