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5. The Ancient City of Ur
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Andrew Eames visits the ancient city of Ur, where Agatha met her future husband the archaeologist Max Mallowan. From 2004.
Andrew Eames visits the ancient city of Ur retracing the route where Agatha met her future husband, the archaeologist Max Mallowan.
In 1928, crime writer Agatha Christie made a spur-of-the-moment decision to go on holiday, alone, to Iraq.
Then in her late 30s she was already a popular and successful novelist, but her 14 year marriage to Archie Christie had recently ended and her comfortable life at Sunningdale had become oppressive.
Written and concluded by Andrew Eames
Abridged by Laurence Wareing.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on 成人快手 Radio in July 2004.
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