Snow Upon the Desert - is a copy available?

Kali

I've just stumbled across this wonderful treasure trove of a site. I am writing a book set in Cairo 1910 when Agatha spent a winter season there and am desperate to get my hands on a copy of her unpublished manuscript 'Snow Upon the Desert'. I have searched the British Library online catalogue to no avail. Can somebody please help? I am located in Australia, so access may be an issue.

GKCfan

@Kali, if a copy still exists– and I don't know if it does– it's in the Christie Archives and probably not available to the public, I'm afraid.  I'd be interested in reading it, too.

Kali

Oh, that is such a shame. 

GKCfan

Yeah, there are a handful of never-pubished Christie manuscripts that I'd love to see: Green's Curtain Up talks about several plays that were never published or performed.

Kali

I know it exists somewhere, as autobiographies of Christie quote extracts from the unpub. ms.

ChristieFanForLife

Kali said:

I know it exists somewhere, as autobiographies of Christie quote extracts from the unpub. ms.

I never saw excerpts of "Snow Upon The Desert's Face" in any biographies or in Christie's personal autobiography. They both refer to the book but there were no samples from the book . . . .as far as I have seen. 

taliavishay-arbel

There are at least two quotes from "Snow upon the Desert" in Laura Thompson's "Agatha Christie". You can obtain the ebook online.

ChristieFanForLife

@taliavishay-arbel, I looked online and saw some excerpts from "Snow Upon The Desert". I just requested a copy of Laura Thompson's book from the library --should get it soon

taliavishay-arbel

ChristieFanForLife, I wonder if Laura Thompson will say in her book where she read "Snow on the desert". If she does, please tell us!

ChristieFanForLife

taliavishay-arbel said:

ChristieFanForLife, I wonder if Laura Thompson will say in her book where she read "Snow on the desert". If she does, please tell us!

I will! I won't forget