Lunchtime Lecture: Eleven Days: The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie

Join us for a Lunchtime Lecture with biographer Laura Thompson, author of Eleven Days: The fascinating true account of Agatha Christie's mysterious disappearance. The exhibition Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery is on display at Bristol Central Library from November 2026 until the end of March 2026, in partnership with the British Library's Living Knowledge Network. About this event In December of 1926, Agatha Christie vanished. Eleven days later, after frenzied media speculation, she was discovered alive and well. A century on, there are questions that have never been answered. Now Christie biographer Laura Thompson seeks to penetrate the story of the greatest mystery ever created by the greatest ever mystery writer. ​​In a new approach, Thompson undertakes a re-enactment of Christie’s movements: from the moment of driving away from her marital home, to the abandonment of her car and her arrival the following night at a Harrogate hotel. Eleven episodes examine every aspect of the famous disappearance, seeking-as far as is possible –to penetrate the blank space in Agatha Christie’s long and brilliant life, which leaves her ever more emblematic of the genre that she defines.