Agatha and the Caves.

placeholder gif[Members of the Torquay Natural History Society in the 1930s]

Agatha Christie got the idea for her first novel called "The Man in a Brown Suit" after she visited Kent's Cavern. This was first published in 1924.

Written by AE, Year 6, Jan 2003


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Title Value
Description:  
Written by AE, Year 6, Jan 2003
Organisation Ellacombe Primary School
Website not stated
Contributor   Ellacombe Primary School  
Item  
Identifier ref 41
Date   c 1930s  
Format   greyscale photograph; 165 mm x 243 mm  
Coverage   Devon. Torquay  
Source   Torbay Library Services  
Subject   Cave. Investigating deposits and finds  
Type   Image  
Publisher   Torbay Library Services  
Rights   Torbay Library Services  
Keywords cave artefacts fossils archaeology