They Came To Baghdad (Greenway Edition)
by Christie, Agatha
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- as new
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- As New/VG-
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About This Item
They Came To Baghdad (Greenway Edition) Dodd, Mead. States "First published in the Greenway Edition 1970. No number line appears. By Agatha Christie. USED. As New/VG- unclipped $8.95 dust jacket with 12 on dj spine. Spine is sunned. Plot Summary: 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."
Synopsis
E-book exclusive extras: 'Agatha Christie in Baghdad,' extensive selections from Agatha Christie: An Autobiography. Plus: Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on They Came to Baghdad.Agatha Christie first visited Baghdad as a tourist in 1927; many years later she would become a resident of the exotic and then open city, and it was here, and while on archaeological digs throughout Iraq with her husband, Sir Max Mallowan, that Agatha Christie wrote some of her most important works.They Came to Baghdad is one of Agatha Christie's highly successful forays into the spy thriller genre. In this novel, Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret superpower summit. But the word is out, and an underground organisation is plotting to sabotage the talks.Into this explosive situation stumbles Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded secret agent dies in her hotel room. Now, if only she could make sense of his final words: 'Lucifer... Basrah... Lefarge...'
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mary Riversong Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 708 ChristieBaghdadGreen
- Title
- They Came To Baghdad (Greenway Edition)
- Author
- Christie, Agatha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 5 3/8 X 8
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Intrigue, Spy, Science Fiction, Weaponry, Secret Weapon, Carmichael, Agent, 12 Greenway, Baghdad
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Agatha Christie; Detective Fiction; Greenway Edition; 20th Century Literature;
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