What is in the British Library's Agatha Christie exhibition in London?

The British Library's exhibition Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery recreates scenes from her life and books, including an archaeological dig from her years in Iraq and train carriages from Murder on the Orient Express. Exhibits include one of her notebooks listing the building blocks of a crime story and a 1930s letter she wrote to her husband after getting stuck on the Orient Express, whose passengers inspired the novel. It runs until June.

• Christie's Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot books have sold more than two billion copies.
• Her play The Mousetrap has passed 30,000 performances, making it the world's longest-running play.
• Her great-grandson James Pritchard notes that she was self-educated.

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