Agatha Christie As An Unpaid Nurse In World War I

🩺 This photograph from 1914 shows a young Agatha Christie, long before she would become the world’s best-selling crime novelist, dressed in her British Red Cross nurse’s uniform, serving as an unpaid volunteer during World War I.

⚕️ Christie worked at a hospital in her hometown of Torquay, tending to wounded soldiers. She later trained as a pharmacy assistant, gaining detailed knowledge of poisons and medicines—a skill that would become central to the intricate plots of many of her novels.

🕵️‍♀️ Literary Insight:
It was during this period that she began writing her first detective story, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring Hercule Poirot. Her wartime experiences shaped her writing, giving her both the time and inspiration to craft the beginnings of a legendary career.

📷 This photo captures the origin of an extraordinary life—one shared by countless women who contributed to the war effort in hospitals and medical units across Britain.

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