4. Damascus to Baghdad
Eames and his coach party arrive in the Iraqi capital as it prepares for war - but the welcome from the locals is friendly. From 2004.
In the fourth of five readings from his book retracing Christie's steps, Andrew Eames sets out from Damascus to Baghdad and with the motley crew of passengers is reminded of Christie's novel Nemesis.
The route they take follows the original silk route. The journey is uncertain and he marvels at Agatha Christie taking this trip in 1928.
In 1928, crime writer Agatha Christie made a spur-of-the-moment decision to go on holiday, alone, to Iraq. Then in her late thirties she was already a popular and successful novelist, but her 14 year marriage to Archie Christie had recently ended and her comfortable life at Sunningdale had become oppressive.
Written and read by Andrew Eames
Abridged in five parts by Laurence Wareing
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio in July 2004.
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