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The murder of Roger Ackroyd

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This is a facsmile first edition hardback of the Poirot books, published to mark the 80th anniversary of his first appearance and to celebrate his new-found success on television.

Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband.

He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her.

Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose.

But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information.

Unfortunately, before he could finish the letter, he was stabbed to death!

To mark the 80th anniversary of Hercule Poirot's first appearance, and to celebrate his renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form - 15 novels and one short story collection.

Reproducing the original typesetting and formats of the first editions from the Christie family's own archive copies, these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies, reflecting five decades of iconic cover design.

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Product Details
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
0007234376 / 9780007234370
Hardback
823.912
04/09/2006
United Kingdom
English
Classic crime
viii, 312 p. : 1 ill
20 cm
general Learn More
Quiz No: 236669, Points 11.00, Book Level 6.30,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Facsim. of ed. published: London: Collins, 1926.
A facsimile first edition hardback of the Poirot books, published to mark the 80th anniversary of his first appearance and to celebrate his new-found success on television. / Market research shows that two out of three of all fiction readers have read an Agatha Christie book, and more than half want to read her again / Follows the popular and acclaimed Miss Marple first edition facsimile series in 2005/6. / Very collectable and affordable at GBP10.00 each. (The successful Ian Fleming/James Bond facsimile editions were GBP25.00 each.) / Sports the original pre-war first edition jackets and offs
A facsimile first edition hardback of the Poirot books, published to mark the 80th anniversary of his first appearance and to celebrate his new-found success on television. / Market research shows that two out of three of all fiction readers have read an Agatha Christie book, and more than half want to read her again / Follows the popular and acclaimed Miss Marple first edition facsimile series in 2005/6. / Very collectable and affordable at GBP10.00 each. (The successful Ian Fleming/James Bond facsimile editions were GBP25.00 each.) / Sports the original pre-war first edition jackets and offs FC Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FF Crime & mystery