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by Agatha Christie

ISBN: 0708927084
Author: Agatha Christie
Language: English
Publisher: Ulverscroft (September 1, 1992)
Pages: 480
Category: Classics
Subcategory: Literature
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Postern of Fate is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie that was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1973 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The book features her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford and is the detectives' last appearance

Postern of Fate, the Desert Gate, Disaster's Cavern, Fort of Fear. Pass not beneath, O Caravan, or pass not singing. In front of Tuppence were three large packing cases. From each of them various books had been extracted. The larger part of them were still filled with books.

Postern of Fate, the Desert Gate, Disaster's Cavern, Fort of Fear. It's incredible,' said Tuppence. You mean the room they take up?'

Postern of Fate, . 0. Part of Tommy & Tuppence series by Agatha Christie. So I pulled all those books out on the floor. And then I did make a discovery.

Postern of Fate, . There was one rather big one. It had a brown paper cover on it and I just pulled it out to see.

Pass not beneath, O Caravan, or pass not singing. Have you heard That silence where the birds are dead, yet something pipeth like a bird? (Gates of Damascus - James Elroy Flecker) Book I Chapter 1 MAINLY CONCERNING BOOKS'Books!' said Tuppence. She produced the word rathe.

agatha christie, postern of fate, tommy and tuppence, samantha bond, michael bartlett. Neither one of Agatha Christie's best known or best novels. POF was the final book Agatha created (Sleeping Murder and Curtain: Poirot's Last Case had been "vaulted" to be released later). When Tommy and Tuppence Beresford moved to a quiet English village, they were looking forward to a peaceful retirement. But, as they soon discovered, their rambling old house held both secrets and dangers. Whatever pleasure this rather dated tale of espionage might bring is, sadly, almost totally negated by the fact that this has been uploaded in so many small morcels. The book features her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford and is the detectives' last appearance. It is the last novel Christie wrote, but not the last to be published.

Agatha Christie was a great crime writer of the 20th century. Enjoy free online English audiobook Postern of Fate, a breathtaking novel by Agatha Christie. She was born Agatha May Clarissa Miller on 13 September 1890 in Torquay, Devon, England. Her father was named Alvan Miller and her mother was called Clarissa Margaret. The family was well off. Sadly when Agatha was 11 her father died. On 24 December 1914 Agatha married an aviator named Archibald Christie. By chance, in a children’s book, she finds a number of words underlined which then, after pondering over them, form a message. Mary Jordan did not die naturally.

Postern of Fate book. Book in my Agatha Christie Challenge saw me explore the author's 74th detective novel and my first full length Tommy and Tuppence(Prudence) Beresford story. This story was just an . experience as I tired of the characters and dialogue quickly. The older couple have moved to a new lodging "The Laurels" and stumble upon a mysterious cipher that indicates a murder mystery from the early 1900's.

Dame Agatha Christie had an incredible imagination and in this quiet and slow final bow before the public she does a good jo. This book is nowhere close to Agatha Christie's standard. The more I read, the more confused I became

5 people found this helpful. The more I read, the more confused I became. We first met Tommy and Tuppence at the end of World War I. They are now in their seventies.

"The acknowledged queen of detective fiction the world over." The Observer. Now retired, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford move to Devonshire. In an old children's book left in the attic, Tuppence finds cryptic clues to a murder which took place in the village during the FirstWorld War. The girl who died was mixed up in an old scandal concerned with the passing on of naval secrets. Was she innocent or guilty? True to form, Tommy and Tuppence are intrigued and investigate - and true to form, they find themselves in danger...

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Oso

This is the final Tommy and Tuppence book and also the last book Agatha Christie completed before her death. The married couple of Tommy and Tuppence are retired and have recently moved to The Laurels home in a small English village. While setting up their bookshelves,a message is found in a copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow. It says that a woman named Mary Jordanhas died of unnatural death We later learn she was a spy in a British Fascist plot intrepid Beresefords decide to solve the mystery. The book is worth reading on a quiet night before the fire as the rain pelts the windows. My favorite nonhuman character is Hannibal who follows Tuppence and Tommy on all their stops in the tiny village. He is a Manchester Terrier. One present day murder occurs during the course of this novel.
A fun few hours of light reading is your reward for this one. Dame Agatha Christie had an incredible imagination and in this quiet and slow final bow before the public she does a good job. I thought the book was better than many of my fellow reviewers at Amazon.

Dancing Lion

This book is nowhere close to Agatha Christie's standard. The more I read, the more confused I became. We first met Tommy and Tuppence at the end of World War I. They are now in their seventies. The past events they are investigating in this book took place just before or during WWI, and yet they are constantly talking to people older than they are, who refer to things their grandmothers and great uncles told them about the events. As other readers have stated, there is LOTS of talking about nothing. The few discoveries that the Beresfords make are never explained, and in the end the reader is left wondering why the past events matter in the present day. I firmly believe that either Dame Agatha didn't actually write this book, or she was developing Alzheimer's. I can only assume her publisher printed it sight unseen, trusting in her reputation. Agatha Christie is one of my favorite authors, but if this had been the first of her books that I'd read, I never would have even considered picking up another.

Dusar

Almost no plot padded with "knew things", "know things", and "you know" ad nauseum. Book reads like the old "Fun With Dick and Jane" primary readers. I do not exaggerate. Dame Christie's dialogue was not her strong suit and this is the most extreme example.

Kieel

As a die hard Christie fan, and loving the previous four T&T books, I felt I had to slog through and finish this one, and although the whodunnit is answered after a fashion, I still don't know whydunnit. Christie wrote this one as an aged writer and it shows, with the main characters, themselves in their seventies, prattling on about nothing interesting or germane, and "witness" characters sounding like a visit with an aged relative who talks about people you have never met and they can't seem to quite remember. Although in the end we do find out who did the actual dastardly deed(s), it doesn't seem to matter; I won't type out a spoiler here as far as motive, suffice it to say it was very unsatisfying and confusing. Perhaps an English reader would get more out of it as there are references to what I think are actual historical events that happened in England, but I can only guess. If you are a fan of T&T by all means read this one as it is the last, but for all other Christie readers I say skip it.

Togor

Much as I enjoyed reading this story, it was fairly predictable with the odd twist, The two characters, Tuppence and Tommy Beresford were like an old, favourite armchair, they and the plot wrapped around you without any cause for concern, and I look forward reading about their adventures again.

Kecq

I bought this book so that I could read it again. I remembered that it featured my favorite Agatha Christie detectives, Tommy & Tuppence, and that it described how they faced moving and remodeling a house they just purchased. Since I just moved and am about to remodel my house, I wanted to face the experience with some dry British humor!

Ttexav

As a Christie fan, I was disappointed in this book. Too much rambling into past adventures and references to mysterious secret agents who were never well explained and not essential to the story. Also, a great deal of telling what the dog thought. I'm a dog fancier but attributing these thoughts to a canine no matter how clever was a stretch.

The wrap up of the Tommy and Tuppence mysteries is excellent. Everything is explained and the logic is outstanding. Sorry this book is the last in their series.