tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post3257893711634327133..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: Tuesday Night Blog Murders: Archaeologists in Christie's storiesHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-17786418001011927912015-10-28T17:43:32.059+00:002015-10-28T17:43:32.059+00:00Thanks, Ian. That I corrected in the text. Really,...Thanks, Ian. That I corrected in the text. Really, I thought I had proof-read it. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-57998504414856475452015-10-28T17:41:54.136+00:002015-10-28T17:41:54.136+00:00Aaargh! Forgot Mr Richetti. How could I? When I wa...Aaargh! Forgot Mr Richetti. How could I? When I was planning the posting I had him in mind as well. (Ashes and sackcloth)Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-75794309380321539732015-10-28T15:46:48.363+00:002015-10-28T15:46:48.363+00:00Helen, as always an interesting article. I haven&#...Helen, as always an interesting article. I haven't read a Christie for decades. When I did the conventional wisdom was that "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" was the pinnacle of her achievement, and it didn't disappoint.<br /><br />I feel almost embarrassed to admit that I got a chuckle from this sentence.<br /><br />"As every school child knows, Agatha Christie's second husband was the noted archaeologist, Sir Max Mallowan, with whom she went to Syria and Iraq when he was excavated there and where she helped by washing and classifying the finds."<br /><br />I think you meant excavating. At any rate comparative rogue though he might have been he certainly seems better than the husband this woman "excavated" in Syria.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3291539/Cheating-Syrian-refugee-husband-leaves-UK-mum-heartbroken-telling-lover-dying.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384748465626907587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-12611728607369758512015-10-28T00:33:38.764+00:002015-10-28T00:33:38.764+00:00Very nice look at all the archaeologists in the st...Very nice look at all the archaeologists in the stories! It's definitely been too long since I read some of these.Bev Hankinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127476456755776574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-13008436290347412752015-10-27T20:40:51.547+00:002015-10-27T20:40:51.547+00:00Very nice roundup and analysis. The descriptions o...Very nice roundup and analysis. The descriptions of the digs almost tempted me when I was a teenager - I wasn't put off by the murders. I *was* terribly surprised by the presence of priests on digs, didn't quite know what they were doing there. Love that Murder in Mesopotamia cover above, and the photograph. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-63364473874573927962015-10-27T19:45:56.907+00:002015-10-27T19:45:56.907+00:00Yes, Helen, I've often thought that handsome y...Yes, Helen, I've often thought that handsome young male charmers accounted for a good number of Christie's murderers because of Archie's mischief during their marriage. Just to strike a blow on the side of charming rotters (which I could not be if I tried!) let's add another fake archaeologist: Mr. Richetti from Death on the Nile, whose telegrams about fruits and vegetables mask some sort of nefarious deeds that I believe belong in a Christie thriller! Brad (ahsweetmystery)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12012914349226406144noreply@blogger.com