In 2025, the world will celebrate the 135th anniversary of the birth of the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, and simultaneously mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of her classic work, “Curtain.” This book marks the final case of her famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and his loyal friend, Hastings.<\/p>\n
The creation of “Curtain” predates its publication by many years. In the late 1930s, as World War II loomed, Agatha Christie feared for her life and wrote Poirot’s final story as a gift for her daughter, Rosalind Hicks. The completed manuscript was locked away in a safe, where it remained for over three decades. It wasn’t until 1975, when Christie decided to retire from writing detective fiction, that she agreed to publish “Curtain.” On August 6, 1975, The New York Times featured Poirot’s obituary and the cover of the newly released novel on its front page. Tragically, just half of a year after the novel’s publication, in January 1976, Agatha Christie passed away.<\/p>\n