From the Publisher
Agatha Christie was already a celebrated writer of mysteries when, in 1930, she married the archaeologist Max Mallowan. In the pre–war years thereafter, Christie enthusiastically joined her husband on various archaeological expeditions in the Middle East, and these shared adventures, these happy and memorable times, provided her not only with the background for several of her novels, but also with the “everyday doings and happenings” which she zestfully describes in the pages of this high–spirited memoir

This is an autobiography written by Agatha Christie. It is over a period of several years where she accompanies her husband on his archeological digs. Christie tells of the 'travails' of first finding a suitable site to dig at and then of the subsequent years in finding the treasures.

Agatha Christie has written a very funny book. She tells of various encounters with wildlife. She also writes about the 'help'. One of them is Michael who wishes to save them money and be economical often with disastrous results. This book was written in 1946 and as such although Christie and her husband seem to be very fair minded are still very imperialist by nature

I enjoyed the read.

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