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Gertrude Bell School of Archaeology, 522
Giant’s Bread (‘Mary Westmacott’), 470–2
Gielgud, John, 335
Glanville, Stephen, 485, 494–7
Godden, Rumer, 409
Graves, Robert, 317
Greece, 424–7
Greene, Graham, 409, 505
Greenway House, Torquay, 479–81, 484, 490–2, 507–9
Griffiths, Arthur, 212–3
Guernsey, 87–8
Guyer, Miss (schoolmistress), 150–1
Hamilton, Robert, 522, 524, 527
Hannaford (gardener), 490–91
Hannah (cook), 56, m, 129
Hartnell, Miss (fictional character), 434
Hastings (fictional character), 342
Hearn, Mr (dentist), 331
Helder, Romaine (dramatic character), 516
Helmsley, Reg, 219–20, 235–8
Helmsley, William, 219, 236
Henschell, Irene, 472
Hibberd, Captain, 174–5
Hickey, Miss (dancing teacher), 100–101, 173
Hicks, Anthony, 511
Hicks, Rosalind (formerly Prichard; née Christie; AC’s daughter), 43, 171; birth, 266–7; stays with Madge, 287; presents and toys, 303, 312–13, 320, 330, 359–60; separation from, 307–8, 385; and nannies, 308–9, 312–15, 317, 337–9; character and behaviour, 315-16, 337–8, 357, 407–8; development, 330, 337–8; at dentist’s, 331; relations with father, 343, 352, 360; relations with mother, 352–3; and parents’ divorce, 355; education, 355–7, 360, 475–7; in Canary Islands, 357, 359–60, 362, 408; measles, 386–7; pneumonia, 405, 407; and Freddie Potter, 414; and Max, 416–17, 420; on mother’s writing, 431–2; and mother’s return from Middle East, 466–7; and Ashfield House, 470; as critic of mother’s work, 473; comes out, 477; career, 477; in Syria, 479; in war, 485; marriage to Hubert Prichard, 487–8; son born, 492,494; husband killed, 501–2; AC writes book for, 509; AC gives film rights to, 513; AC’s memories of, 531
Hogg, Miss (schoolmistress), 157
Hollow, The, 472–3, 475, 510
Home, Margaret, 76
Honolulu, 289, 298–301
House of Beauty, The (short story), 193
House at Shiraz, The, 441
Howe, Commander, 361, 364, 378–9
Howse, Miss (editor at Bodley Head), 283
Hudson, Verity, 518
Huntley, Gertrude see Stabb, Gertrude
Huxley, Mrs, 121
Huxley, Dr, 121, 123
Huxley, Enid, 121–3
Huxley, Mildred, 121–3
Huxley, Muriel, 121–3
Huxley, Phyllis, 121–3
Huxley, Sybil, 121–3
Hyam, Mrs, 292
Hyam, Mr, 292
Ingram, Bruce, 281–2
James, Henry, 50
Jane see Rowe, Jane
Jerome, Jenny (later Lady Randolph Churchill), 18
Jessel, Patricia, 516
Jordan, Dr, 463, 465–6
Joseph (cook), 525
Kappel, Gertrude, 197
Kipling, Rudyard, 50
Kon, George, 337
Kon, Nan (formerly Pollock; née Watts), 117–18, 136, 138–9, 263, 336–7, 470–71
Korbay, Francis, 196
Lane, Allen, 283
Lane, John, 276–7, 280, 283
Lang, Andrew, 56
Laughton, Charles, 430, 434, 472
Laurent, Mme, 476–7
Layard, Sir Austen Henry, 456, 522
Leacock, Stephen, 263
Le Roux, Gaston, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 210, 256, 282
Legrand, Mme (piano-teacher), 153–4, 157
Leno, Dan, 140
Lewis (parlourmaid), 104
Lifford, Lord (Captain Hewitt), 51
Limerick, Countess of, 163
Llewellyn, Miss, 271–2
Lob, Washington, 156
Lockwood, Margaret, 519
Lonely God, The (short story), 193
Lord Edgware Dies, 437, 455
Lucas, Dr, 358–9
Lucy (cook), 240, 267–9, 275, 278
Lucy, Berkely, 133–4
Lucy, Blanche, 134
Lucy, Fairfax, 134
Lucy, Marguerite, 134, 192
Lucy, Muriel, 134
Lucy, Reggie, 134, 205–8, 211–12, 217
MacGregor, Lady, 51
Mackintosh, Ernest, 84
McLeod, Crystal, 482
MacLeod, David, 482–4
MacLeod, Peggy, 399, 482, 484
MacLeod, Peter, 399
Mallowan, Sir Max, war service, 33, 494, 505–7, 509; tours Loire, 171; and Guilford Bell, 295; and Arabs, 374; AC meets and travels with, 391–407; and Katharine Woolley, 392, 401, 420–21, 427, 429–30; visits AC at Ashfield, 413–15; proposes to AC, 415–18; marriage and honeymoon, 422–7; returns to Ur, 427–9; reads AC’s books, 431; work at Nineveh, 451–66, 528; sets up house in England, 467–70; on AC’s photography, 478; on Tell Brak, 479; in Home Guard, 483; joins R.A.F., 485; and Mathew Prichard, 504; returns home on leave, 506, 531; AC writes book for, 509; academic career, 521; excavates Nimrud, 522–4, 527; Nimrud and its remains, 456, 522
Mallowan, Mrs Frederick (Max’s mother), 406, 430–31
Man in the Brown Suit, The (originally Mystery of the Mill House; also called Anna the Adventurer), 311, 315, 317–19, 329, 331
Marie see Sijé, Marie
Markham, Miss (French governess), 70
Marple, Miss Jane (fictional character), 433–6, 509
Mary (maid), 240–1
Mary, Queen (consort of George V), 510
Massie, Hughes, 196, 319, 330, 342, 433
Matthews, Mrs Addie, 181–3
Matthews, Tom, 182–3
Mauhourat, Mile (French teacher), 71–2
Meek, Mrs, 358
Mellor, Max, 192, 213
Mestrovi, Ivan, 423
Metropolitan Museum, New York, 522
Meyer, Bertie, 472
Michael (house-boy), 526
Miller, Mrs (‘Auntie-Grannie’ AC’s grandmother), brings up AC’s mother, 17–18; home in Ealing, 38–40, 136, 148; and AC, 40–41, 140, 169, 241, 260; and Sunday dinner, 42–4; and health, 48–9; AC stays with, 56–7, 62; and Queen Victoria’s funeral, 57–8; porcelain collection, 69; figure, 76; and Clara Miller, 95; and Fred Miller’s death, III; and birth of Madge’s son, 125; and religion, 141; and doctor, 158; and May Sturges, 187; ageing, 209–10; and courtship, 214–15; financial position of, 217–18; moves to Ashfield, 242–6; dies, 279; inspires Miss Marple, 435–6; prophetic powers, 435–6
Miller, Clara (AC’s mother), nature of, 15–16, 21, 75–6, 91, 95; marriage, 16–20; and AC, 24, 27, 34, 36, 38, 61, 78–9, 85, 103, 147–50, 174, 184, 188, 192–3, 200–202, 204, 235, 260, 278, 288; and religion, 25; and education, 25–6, 70–5, 98; and family portraits, 32; and Monty, 35–6; and Henry James, 50; and Madge, 54–5, 104, 133; and journey to Pau, 68–9; at Pau, 70; and Lilian Pirie, 86–7; and Tony, 89; and Torquay regatta, 108; and husband’s death, 110–13; and Madge’s wedding, 115, 117; and Ashfield, 116; health, 118–19, 165–6; and birth of Madge’s son, 125–6; and Jack, 135; at Abney, 136, 138; financial position of, 147, 217–18; in Paris, 151–7; in Cairo, 168–74; and May Sturges, 186; failing eyesight, 209, 219; and Archie Christie, 213–14, 216, 237–8; and ‘Auntie-Grannie’, 245; and Rosalind Christie, 267, 287–8; nostalgia for, 307; and Monty’s return from Africa, 324–7; as elderly woman, 340; death, 346; temperament, 430; and own mother, 435
Miller, Frederick Alvah (AC’s father), nature of, 15–16; marriage, 16–20; and religion, 25; portrait of, 32; and AC, 34, 55, 69–70, 85, 114; financial affairs of, 66–7, 103, 110; collections, 69; and engagement of Marie, 74; riding with AC, 77–9; and Monty, 82, 114–15; and Piries, 86–7; illness, 102–3; and James Watts, 107; and Torquay regatta, 108; death, 110–13, 116, 133; and Madge, 114; on holiday, 166
Miller, Louis Montant (Monty; AC’s brother), birth of, 19;
and his mother, 21; in childhood, 21–2; education, 25; portrait of, 32; and AC, 34–6; nature of, 47, 82–3; and Madge, 55; and playroom, 61; and native servant, 64; and theatre, 107; and his father, 114–15; army service, 115, 324, 381; and rabbit, 265; on leave, 288; African boat enterprises, 322, 324; extravagance, 323; return to England, 324–7, 353; Col Dwyer on, 380–2; death, 381–3
Miller, Madge see Watts, Madge
Miller, Nathaniel (AC’s grandfather), 17, 66, 218
Molesworth, Mrs, 56
Montant, Auguste, 115
Morgan, Mrs Pierpont, 305
Morris, Eileen, 189–90, 355
Morton, Michael, 434
Moss, Fletcher, 139
Mosul, 80, 399, 522, 526
Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 342
Mousetrap, The (play; formerly Three Blind Mice), 510–12; 10th anniversary party, 516–17
Moving Finger, The, 520
Murder in the Vicarage, 433–4
Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The, 342, 376, 431, 433, 437; adapted as Alibi, 434
Murder on the Links, 281–2, 317
Mysterious Affair at Styles, The, 254–60, 276–7, 280–1, 283, 318, 346
Mystery of the Blue Train, The, 357–8, 520
Mystery of the Mill House see Man in the Brown Suit, The
N or M?, 489
Nairn, Gerry and Norma, 370–1
New York, 16, 19, 305
New Zealand, 294, 297–8, 303
Nimrud, 456, 522–4, 526–7, 529
Nineveh (and Arpachiyah), Max works at, 451–66; AC at, 453, 456–7, 463–5; athletics race at, 464–5, 528
North, Susan, 477–8
Nursie, 17, 22–4, 27–9, 32–7, 45, 47–8, 56, 59, 301
Ordeal by Innocence, 520
Orient Express, AC travels on, 361, 363–6, 405–7, 422, 427, 429, 453
Pain, Barry, 30
Pale Horse, The, 254
Paris, 80–2
Park-Lyle, Mr, 180
Park-Lyle, Mrs, 180
Partners in Crime, 432–3
Patrick, Constance Ralston, 176–9, 199
Patrick, Robin Ralston, 176–8
Patterson (glass artist), 513
Patterson, Sybil, 76
Pau, 70–5
Pedler, Sir Eustace (fictional character), 311–12, 317
Pemberton, Nurse, 267
Peril at End House, 436
Persia, 441–2
Petit, Mme (schoolmistress), 158
Pettigrew, Mr (fictional character), 436
Philpotts, Eden, 195
Pirie, Harold, 87
Pirie, Lilian, 86–7, 202
Pirie, Martin, 86–7, 202
Pirie, Wilfred, 87, 202–5
Poirot, Hercule (fictional character), character of, 256–7, 277, 281–4, 433, 436, 473, 509; on stage, 430, 434
Pollock, Hugo, 337
Pollock, Judy, 337
Pollock, Nan see Kon, Nan
Potter, Mrs (cook), 120, 348, 414
Potter, Freddie, 414
Powell, Dr, 265
Prestley, Marguerite, 76–7, 80, 152
Prichard, Hubert, marriage to Rosalind, 487–8, 494; killed in action, 501–2
Prichard, Mathew (AC’s grandson), childhood, 65, 502, 504, 517; and Shakespeare, 171; born, 492, 494; sees The Mousetrap, 511; AC gives rights of Mousetrap to, 513; in Eton-Harrow match, 531
Prichard, Rosalind see Hicks, Rosalind
‘Punkie’ see Watts, Madge
Quin, Mr (fictional character), 432
Raffles (fictional character), 437
Rawncliffe, Mr and Mrs, 332
Reinhardt School of Photography, 478–9
Réjane (actress), 159
Reszke, Jean de, 159
Rose (cook), 278–9
Rose, John, 460, 463–5
Rose and the Yew Tree, The (‘Mary Westmacott’), 500
Rouletabille (fictional character), 210, 256
Roux, Dr, 185
Rowe, Jane, 28–31, 46, 67, 119–20, 133, 240, 278
Russia, 442–51
Sackville-West, Victoria, All Passion Spent, 86
Saggs, Harry, 526
Sanctuary (short story), 512
Satterthwaite, Mr (fictional character), 432
Saunders, Peter, 473, 510, 512, 514-15, 517–19
Scotswood (house), 328, 331, 343
Secret Adversary, The, 280, 330, 433, 489
Secret of Chimneys, The, 413
Selwyn, Bishop, 72
Selwyn, Mrs, 72–3
Selwyn, Dorothy, 72–4
Selwyn, Mary, 72–4
Seven Dials Mystery, The, 413
Shabani (Monty’s servant), 325–6
Shakespeare, William, 171, 438
Sharp, Margery, 291
Shaw, Mr (tutor), 192
Sheffield Terrace (no. 48), 467–8, 485; bombed, 485–6
Sheldon, Miss (Benenden teacher), 475
Sheppard, Dr (fictional character), 342, 433
Sijé, Mme, 74
Sijé, Angèle, 79
Sijé, Berthe, 79
Sijé, Marie, 74–5, 79–80, 84–6, 88, 90–3, 103, 106–7
Sim, Sheila, 512
Sinclair, May, 198
‘Site’ see White, Miss
Sketch, The, 281–2, 310, 354
Smith, Mary, 495, 501
Smith, Sidney, 495, 500–501
Snow Upon the Desert, 194, 196
South Africa, 291–3
Spark, Muriel, 409
Spence, Patrick, 284
Spider’s Web (play), 519
Stabb, Dr, 265
Stabb, Gertrude (nee Huntley), 265
Stark, Freya, 393
Stengel (maid), 185
Stevens, Connie, 121
Stevens, Saltzman, 197
Strie, Monsieur, 157
Stubbs, Sister (V.A.D.), 229
Sturges, May, 184–7, 197, 302
Styles (house), 345–7, 354
Sullivan, Cassie, 112, 184, 302, 305
Sullivan, Francis, 434, 489
Sunningdale, 320, 328, 330, 336, 343; see also Scotswood
Susan (Australian Aborigine), 296
Susan (housemaid), 28
Swannell, Jessie, 270, 273, 275, 279, 284, 308, 314
Sylvia (on world tour), 292
Syria, 465–6, 469–70, 479
Taylor, Mrs (Monty’s housekeeper), 327, 382
Tell Brak, 479
Tell Halaf, 458–9
Tell ’Ubaid, 455
Ten Little Niggers, as book, 471; adapted as play, 471–2, 497
Thirteen Problems, The (U.S. title The Tuesday Club Murder), 436
Thompson, Barbara (Campbell), 454, 460
Thompson, Reginald Campbell, 422, 451–6, 458–60
Three Blind Mice see The Mousetrap
Thumb mark of St Peter, The, 436
Tommy (fictional character), 433, 489
Torquay, 19–20, 50; Regatta, 108–9, 176; see also Ashfield
Tower, Miss, 51
Trelawny, Captain, 170
Trotter, Mr (music teacher), 101
Tuesday Club Murder, The see Thirteen Problems, The
Tuppence (fictional character), 433, 489
Uder, Fräulein (music teacher), 98–9, 101–2
Unexpected Guest, The (play), 519
Unfinished Portrait, 470
Ur, AC visits, 374–7, 390–1; Max at, 427–9; with Max at, 440–1; Woolley at, 455
Van Rooy, Anton, 197
Vane, Sutton, Outward Bound, 446
Verdict (play), 519
Verrall (batman), 265
Vickers, Maurice, 379
Vignou, Marcelle, 337–9
Victor (waiter), 72–3
Vision (short story), 198
Wallenstein, Colonel, 182–3
Wallingford see Winterbrook House
Watts, Annie, 106, 117, 136, 139
Watts, Humphrey, 137
Watts, James (Jimmy Watts’ father),
106, 115, 117, 137, 139
Watts, James (Jimmy; Madge’s husband), meets Madge, 106–7; marriage, 115, 492; at Ashfield, 134; on holiday, 135–6; and religion, 141; and Monty, 322–3; inspires AC story, 342; on AC’s divorce, 354; on AC marrying Max, 417–19
Watts, James (Jack; AC’s nephew), birth of, 124–6; nature, 134–5; and marriage, 140; and religion, 141; in Torquay, 145–7; at Oxford with Max, 419; and Hubert Prichard, 487; war service, 494
Watts, Madge (‘Punkie’ née Miller; AC’s sister), birth of, 19; and her mother, 21, 95, 133, 242; in childhood, 22, 61; education of, 25, 47, 53; portrait of, 32; and AC, 53–5, 77–8, 210–11, 275, 288; and mother’s jewelry, 68; and journey to Pau, 69; and admirers, 79; and brother, 82; and dancing, 99; nature of, 104; and theatre, 107; and Torquay regatta, 108; and her father, 114; marriage, 115–17; birth of son, 124–6; talents of, 126–7; visits Ashfield, 134–5, 145–7; o n holiday, 135–6; comes out, 166; and writing, 192; and Wagner, 197; golfing, 206; and AC’s first marriage, 238; and Rosalind, 287–8, 308, 337–8, 350, 361, 386–8, 405, 408, 492; AC’s nostalgia for, 307, 385; and AC’s literary successes, 319; aids Monty in Africa, 322–4; and Monty’s return to England, 327; at dentist’s, 331; and mother’s death, 346; and Monty’s death, 383; on AC’s marriage to Max, 418–20; in war, 493–4
Watts, Nan see Kon, Nan
Weekly Times, The (magazine), 280
Wentworth, 343–4
West, Raymond (fictional character), 436
Westmacott, Mary (ps., i.e. Agatha Christie), 470, 498–500
Westminster Abbey Appeal Fund, 513
Wetherby, Miss (fictional character), 434
Whitburn, Mr (architect at Ur), 391–2
White, Miss (‘Site’ mother’s help), 315–17, 330–1, 337
Wilbraham, Maude, 389–90
Winterbrook House, Wallingford, 469–70, 486, 491
Wiseman, Donald, 525
Wither, Mr (builder), 468
Witness for the Prosecution, film, 513; play, 514–16,520
Woods, Mrs (London landlady), 261–2, 266
Woolley, Katharine, Lady, at Ur, 375–8, 390,427, 4 29, 441; character and behaviour, 377, 391–3, 398, 401–3, 430; friendship with AC, 398–9,405, 417; sculpture, 403; on AC’s marriage to Max, 418, 420–1
Woolley, Sir Leonard, at Ur, 361, 374–5, 378, 384, 390, 427, 441, 455; marriage, 393, 401–3; friendship with AC, 398–9, 405, 417; on AC’s marriage to Max, 418, 420–1
Wordsworth, Mrs, 191
Wynne, Miss (headmistress), 355–7