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8.55 to Baghdad

8.55 to Baghdad

Author(s): Andrew Eames

Location(s): Europe, Iraq, Middle East

Genre(s): Travelogue

Era(s): 2000s

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Travel journalist Andrew Eames was in the ancient Syrian city of Aleppo when he met an elderly lady who had known Agatha Christie. Fascinated by the exotic history of this quintessentially English crime writer, he decided to retrace the trip from London to Baghdad which she made in 1928 – a journey which was to change Agatha Christie completely and led to her other life as the wife of an archaeologist in the deserts of Syria and Iraq. Travelling from London to Baghdad by train on the eve of the Iraq war, through the troubled areas of the Balkans and the Middle East, Eames found stark contrasts to the old Orient Express route as well as some unexpected connections with the past.

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This is such an interesting travelogue with such a great backstory. Through Europe, Syria and on to Baghdad, some real hot spots. Gripping.

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