Might be fun to see the 1979 film version with Vanessa Redgrave as Agatha.

The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.”Īmazing what cartoons can teach us. “An archeologist is the best husband any woman can get. In the last frame Sorrel shows an old Agatha solving the mystery of happiness in marriage, saying: They live happily ever after for forty-five years. She was discovered ten days later at the Old Swan Hotel in Yorkshire, registered under the name of her husband’s lover… and suffering from a complete loss of memory when found and identified by her husband.” – just as Sorel depicts in his cartoon.Īfter divorcing Archie, Agatha meets and marries Max Mallowan, an archeologist fourteen years younger. (“He spent many of his weekends there while Agatha worked on her novels in their London flat.”)Īfter discovering her husband’s affair, Agatha did disappear: “A major police hunt was undertaken, and Christie was questioned by the police. Surprisingly, Archie Christie did love golf, as noted by Sorel, and belonged to the Sunningdale Golf Club. After fourteen years of marriage to Agatha, he did leave her for a younger woman, Nancy Neele. After enjoying Edward Sorel’s cartoon in this Sunday’s New York Times Book Review – The Literati Sketchbook – I was inspired to research Agatha Christie and her marriages.Īrchie Christie, Agatha’s first husband, was a dashing pilot in the Royal Flying Corps.

Moon Missing by Edward Sorel