"On the top of a hill, in a small hut, the light of a candle shines. Through the window, a figure wearing an apron can be seen. A headband holds back a long head of red hair. A few patients lie in makeshift beds. Young Charles Robinson, nine years old, is watching with an attentive eye the woman who has taken such good care of him for three long days and who is known as "Calamity Jane".

"Cleopatra watches the city from the palace windows. The spectacle is terrible. Ptolemy has stirred up the people against her and a civil war has broken out. The young woman stamps her feet, if she could, she would go and fight, herself: "We have to fight back," she rages. This is my kingdom and I cannot let my brother humiliate me further.- We only have two legions, Caesar replies. "

« La route de Babylone, la capitale de l’empire, s’ouvre devant Alexandre. Il fait son entrée dans la ville avec son armée, où se côtoient maintenant des chevaux, des chameaux, des dromadaires et des éléphants, suivis par des dizaines de milliers de soldats venus de toutes les régions du monde. Mais, au lieu de s’arrêter dans sa nouvelle capitale, Alexandre décide de poursuivre ses conquêtes. »

"Inhaling deeply to regain his voice, Orpheus gently plucks the strings of his instrument and whispers a song with a lullaby-like rhythm. As soon as the notes reach his ears, Cerberus flattens his large body, his snake-like tail curling in on itself and his three snouts resting on his legs. "

Agatha Christie's life matches her work! It's fascinating!

Agatha Christie traveled the world by boat, train and car. She explored the landscapes and customs of the countries she met, while keeping one foot in the Victorian era she loved so much.

She was a nurse during the First World War. Her diploma in pharmacy preparation gave her a taste for poisons and other relentless concoctions for the crimes of her future novels... Thanks to her second husband, she immersed herself in archaeology. Her plots took on the color of excavation sites! Her life and work are one and the same.