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Description: ISBN 0007154933 / Author: Agatha Christie / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Agatha Christie's international mystery thriller, reissued with a ... more
They Came to Baghdad - Agatha Christie ... striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of an, as yet, unidentified and undescribed secret weapon. Only one man has the proof that can confirm the nature of this fantastic secret weapon -- a British agent named Carmichael. Unfortunately the criminal organisation responsible for the weapon's development will stop at nothing to prevent him entering Baghdad and presenting his proof to the assembled delegates. Can Carmichael enter the city against such odds? Into this explosive situations appears Victoria Jones, a girl with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded Carmichael dies in her arms in her hotel room. Now, if only she could make sense of his last words '!Lucifer! Basrah! Lefarge!'

Newest Review: ... of life. These travels and life on the archaeological sites she visited provided the inspiration and setting for several of ... more

 ... her most popular books, like 'Murder on the Orient Express', 'Death on the Nile', 'Murder in Mesopotamia' and 'Appointment with Death'... 'They came to Baghdad' too was based on her experiences while at the archeological sites of Nineveh, Arpachiyah, Chagar Bazar and Tell Brak in Iraq, which provided much material for her novel. Story of ' They Came To Baghdad ' Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret superpower summit.Unfortunately the word is out, and an underground organisation in the Middle East is plot...more

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Pages: 256, Edition: New Ed, Hardcover, Collins Crime
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Quotes By: Agatha Christie "Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them." "One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late." Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is one of the worlds most successful authors ever. Her books are read in more than 100 countries and have been translated into 44 languages. In 1930 Agatha Christie married the archaeologist Max Mallowan and had accompanied him on all his excavations in the Middle East.She developed a love and fascination for the Middle eastern culture and way of life. These travels and life on the ...  Read the complete review

 

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