I love the way the cover on the left conveys the idea of the island fortress, and the one on the right (which I think is Dutch but I'm not sure) has the idea of surveillance by blimps. You see that in some of her early novels when espionage and Bolshevism come to the surface, and it happens here too.Īt the time when N or M? was being written, 1940-41, Britain is facing the very real threat of invasion by Hitler and fear of Nazi infiltrators is strong.
One of the things I find fascinating about Agatha Christie novels is the way they reflect popular fear about infiltration by outside powers. However, since choosing this as my focus for this CFA post I have seen that Gautami beat me to it, so I've changed my direction a little to focus some covers. I haven't yet got to it on my quest to read Agatha Christie titles in order of publication, but according to my schedule, I should read it by the end of this year. I really couldn't pass up the opportunity to point you to this title by Agatha Christie.
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