Much adapted for the stage and made particularly famous by Billy Wilder's 1957 film of the same name,this tale of murder amongst the upper classes has now been adapted for BBC Television by the same team that assembled last year's ratings-topper And Then There Were None,a drama which managed to satisfy critics and audience alike.
Murder stalks society London as the glamorous and wealthy Emily French is found dead. Suspicion immediately falls on Leonard Vole,the beneficiary of her vast fortune and - by the account of French's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mackenzie - the man almost certain of taking her life. Vole however claims his innocence,his alibi the enigmatic chorus girl Romaine: is what he says true,and can he prove all he says With solicitor John Mayhew and Kings Counsel,Sir Charles Carter KC on his side,the game is set...
This edition of The Witness of the Prosecution includes the full text of Christie's original story plus a clutch of additional Christie classics drafted from the same,turn-of-the-thirties period.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008201258Number of pages: 304Weight: 210 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm
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"With the long terrible shadow of the Great War falling across the rackety,feral 1920s,The Witness for the Prosecution is a compelling story of deceit,desire,murder,money and morality,innocence and guilt,heartbreak and most painful and dangerous of all,love. At the centre of this dark and tangled net is the astonishing character of Romaine,a noir heroine for all our times."Sarah Phelps
Agatha Christie
The reigning queen of crime,Agatha Christie's life took her from her home in the Devon countryside to Cairo,Australia and,of course,a journey on the Orient Express. She created two of the most famous detectives in literature,the moustached Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot and the deceptively genteel village investigator Miss Marple,as well as creating the longest running stage playThe Mousetrap.
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