GreenwayВ House, EnglandД¬hristie described Greenway House, her holiday home and personal retreat, as вЂњthe loveliest place in the worldвЂќ. DonвЂ™t leave Torquay without completing The Agatha Christie Mile - launched in 1990 to mark the centenaryВ of her birth.В The self-guided walkВ takes you to 11 key spotsВ in ChristieвЂ™s life, including The Grand Hotel, which has its own Agatha Christie SuiteВ (she spent her honeymoon here) Princess Gardens, frequented by Christie and a key feature in The ABC MurdersВ (1936) and Torquay Museum, home to manuscripts, original photos and costumes worn by the likes ofВ actorВ DavidВ SuchetВ in the television programme Agatha ChristieвЂ™s PoirotВ (1989-2013). This should be the first stopВ forВ all true Christie fans.вЂЇThe birthplace ofВ the authorВ in 1890, this Devonian town is home to the annual International Agatha Christie FestivalвЂЇat Torre Abbey, complete with a programme of talks, performances and writing competitions in honour of the best-sellingВ writer. Much of the inspiration for her novelsВ (famously fraught with whodunits led by enduring characters likeВ HerculeВ Poirot and Miss Marple)В came from her own lifeВ adventures, includingВ growing up in DevonВ andВ her Middle Eastern escapades with her archaeologist husband.В A centuryВ after theВ UKВ publication of her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1921),вЂЇChristie isВ still passionately celebrated by wannabe sleuths and crime fiction fans everywhere, from an annual festival in her hometown of Torquay to tours and hotel packages around the world. It doesnвЂ™t take manyВ вЂlittle grey cellsвЂ™В toВ deduceВ that Agatha Christie, one of the worldвЂ™s most eminent crime fiction writers, was a fervent globetrotter.

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