The 8:55 to Baghdad: From London to Iraq on the Trail of Agatha Christie and the Orient Express

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Harry N. Abrams, Jun 16, 2005 - Travel - 401 pages
"Merging literary biography with travel adventure, and ancient history with contemporary world events, Andrew Eames tells a riveting tale, en route to revealing fascinating and little-known details in this exotic chapter in the life of Agatha Christie. His own trip from London to Baghdad - a journey much more difficult to make in 2002, with the political unrest in the Middle East and the war in Iraq, than it was in 1928 - becomes inextricably intertwined with Agatha's, and the characters he meets seem like they could have stepped out of a mystery novel."--BOOK JACKET.

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Encounter in Aleppo
1
The Longest Train in Europe
21
Intermezzo Triestino
50
Copyright

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Andrew Eames was born in 1958 and his journalism career has led to wide travel. His articles appear in the Daily Telegraph and The Times. He is the author of Crossing the Shadow Line: Travels in South-East Asia, Four Scottish Journeys, and he is an authority on both Istanbul and the Nile. He lives in London with his family."

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