![]() ![]() This new edition is stunningly illustrated by David Lupton, whose brooding images for Poe’s Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and Ursula Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea will be familiar to Folio readers. They have reconstructed much of what happened on Indian. It is no wonder that Agatha Christie described writing it as her greatest challenge and her proudest achievement. Buy And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie online at The Folio Society from the worlds most extensive selection of beautifully illustrated books. In any case, Agatha Christie commonly skips over any normal human reactions to tragedy to get to the mystery-solving. Two policeman, Sir Thomas Legge and Inspector Maine, discuss the perplexing Indian Island case. And Then There Were None goes well beyond that, to give a disturbing insight into the psychology of guilt, the effects of relentless fear, and the true meaning of justice. Voted the “World’s Favourite Christie”, it remains the best-selling mystery – and the 7th best-selling book – of all time, with over 100 million copies sold.Ĭhristie always claimed that her writing was ‘meant to be entertainment’. It made me understand that humans are paradoxically good and evil. Nearly 80 years on, that extravagant claim has literally come true. This book has every ingredient for the ideal murder mystery with a pinch of exotic elements. In 1939, Collins Crime Club predicted that And Then There Were None would one day be recognised as the greatest detective story ever written. It is the most baffling mystery that Agatha Christie has ever written’ ![]() ‘The whole thing is utterly impossible and utterly fascinating. ![]()
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