Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir

Over the course of her long, prolific career, Agatha Christie gave the world a wealth of ingenious whodunits and page-turning locked-room mysteries featuring Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and a host of other unforgettable characters. She also gave us Come, Tell Me How You Live, a fascinating, and wonderfully witty memoir of her days on an archaeological dig in Syria with her husband, renowned archeologist Max Mallowan.

The title, Come, Tell Me How You Live, Christie says, is the question that archaeologists ask of the past, and she paints a vivid picture of everyday doings in a world now vanished.