Agatha christie death comes as the end pdf

In addition he made forceful suggestions to Christie to change the ending of the book. This she did but regretted the fact afterwards, feeling that her unpublished ending was better. The novel is based on some real letters, translated by egyptologist Battiscombe Gunn , from the Egyptian Middle Kingdom period from a man called Heqanakhte to his family, complaining about their behavior and treatment of his concubine.

It is one of only four Christie novels to have not received an adaptation of any kind such as screen, stage or radio and one of only five of her novels to have not received a screen adaptation, the others being Destination Unknown , Passenger to Frankfurt , Postern of Fate and Crooked House. Christie uses a theme for her chapter titles, as she did for many of her novels, in this case the Egyptian agricultural calendar.

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Add a review Your Rating: Your Comment:. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie. It was by the lake they found Ipy a few days later.

He was sprawled face downwards with his face in the water where a hand had held him while he drowned. Esa, a very wise woman, tries to find out who the murderer is.

As the other suspects are dead now, it is Henet she suspects. She wants to interrogate Henet in front of the gathered family, but Imhotep defends her.

The old woman realises that age is at last taking toll on her. She is perplexed and very weary. One night she wakes with a strange sensation of coldness. Her feet, her hands are numbed and dead She can feel it numbing her brain, paralysing her will, slowing down the beat of her heart This, she thinks, is how the old die. But then, a surer conviction comes to her.

This is NOT natural death! This is the Enemy striking out of the darkness All she has eaten and drunk has been tested by a slave. Imhotep is thankful that here is a natural death unaided by men or by evil spirit. After all, his mother has died naturally enough of old age But Hori and Renisenb are doubtful that it really was a natural death old Esa died. He is young and strong and they love each other. Moreover, if anything shall happen to Yahmose and Imhotep, Renisenb will need a man to stand by her.

One day Henet brings a message from Hori to Renisenb: She shall go up to the Tomb an hour before sunset. After giving the message to Renisenb, Henet goes into the linen storeroom. Suddenly there is a movement behind the bales of linen. Then a great width of linen is thrown over her, stiffing her mouth and nose. An inexorable hand winds the fabric round and round her body, swathing her like a corpse until her struggles cease An hour before sunset Renisenb walks up the path to the Tomb, wondering what Hori is going to tell her.

Lost in thought, she suddenly hears footsteps. Her heart gives a sudden leap of fear. The enemy is following her - Nofret is following her Turning her head she feels a great throb of relief. It is Yahmose walking behind her. She greets him and asks where he is going to. But this is not the Yahmose she knows - the gentle kindly brother. He is looking at her and the look in her eyes is unmistakable.

It is the look of a man who killed and is about to kill again. She used to think that her brother loved her - but there is no love in that inhuman face. Yahmose rushes forward and his hands long to fasten round her throat With a loud cry he drops dead.

When Renisenb turns around she sees Hori, the bow still held to his shoulder Hori is with her, trying to calm her down. Now that the Enemy is dead, it is not death that faces Renisenb, but life. With whom will she share that life? With Kameni or with Hori? They both love her. Kameni would take the place that Khay held in her life. But a strong feeling deep inside her tells her that Hori is the right husband for her.

They are more than just friends - they are like soulmates. Everyone in Thebes was convinced that the coming of Nofret brought evil. That was not true. The evil was already here concealed within the hearts of the household. Her presence banished concealment.