Lucy Worsley

Lucy Worsley’s new biography, Agatha Christie, is a fascinating exploration of why an internationally blockbusting author preferred to present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure. During her lifetime, Christie went surfing in Hawaii, loved fast cars and was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why pretend she was ‘just’ an ordinary housewife? Lucy Worsley OBE is Chief Curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces and also presents history documentaries for the BBC. Her bestselling books include Queen Victoria, Jane Austen at Home, A Very British Murder and If Walls Could Talk. In 2019 her BBC One programme Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley won a BAFTA.