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  • They Came to Baghdad

  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrated by: Emilia Fox
  • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (447 ratings)

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They Came to Baghdad

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
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Publisher's summary

Baghdad is holding a secret superpower summit, but the word is out, and an underground organization in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks.

Into this explosive situation appears Victoria Jones, a young woman with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded spy dies in her hotel room.

The only man who can save the summit is dead. Can Victoria make sense of his dying words? "Lucifer...Basrah...Lefarge."

©1951 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Espionage or “Who done it”

Splendid narration, pace well with varied characterization.

Not Bond nor Smiley, but a good thriller.

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Fun, international adventure

This story was a lot of fun. Enjoyed the exotic settings, quirky main character, and plot twists.

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oh. Agatha!

This story, the history, the detail, all mesh into a captivating combination. I have seen film versions of her novels and have been transported to another time and place. Sounds trite, I know, but it is true. This setting and the historical events portrayed are particularly interesting due to the correlation of the world climate then and now. Agatha Christie is still the QUEEN.

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Best Performance of an Excellent Mystery!

I was very impressed with this mystery story and the performance with which it was read. Very pleasing listening and hard to turn off.

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WORST Narration

Please please please, just have Huge Fraiser do the readings of ALL the Christie books! There are about 10 that I can't get because the narrator is just SO bad that you just can't even understand the plot. This is one of those. What a shame. I really wanted to listen to this book and I am sure the content it top Christie content however I will never get the chance to find out other than reading the actual book. From what little I got, this is more of a spy thriller than a mystery. Sort of like Secret at Chimney's. Had I listened to this in a timely manner I would have just sent this one back.

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Entertaining!

This was a very entertaining and enjoyable book. I liked all the characters and a clever plot, too. This is one of my favorites of the Christie books.

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Exciting!

Emilia Fox is excellent on performing all the cast of this well written story. Congratulations to Agatha for creating it.

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Loved this book! The suspense lasted till the end!

It was so different from most of her other books. Ms. Fox had all the various characters voices down perfectly! It is now my favourite book!


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Wonderful book

I really enjoyed this book. I don’t remember reading it as a teenager, when I went through my
Agatha Christie phase! I found the narration excellent. What I love most about revisiting these books as an adult is that I am now discovering the sublet and dry wit that Agatha Christie injects into her stories. My favorite are the books narrated y Hugh Fraser. He’s the best. Emilia and David Suchet do pretty good jobs too. I recommend this title. Good plot, excellent narration, overall enjoyable.

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Another brilliant narration by Emilia Fox - loved this story so much !

I loved this story and the narration- it’s funny and interesting. Since it’s not one of the more famous Agatha Christie novels - I had no idea “who done it” til the very end. Emilia Fox was really great - voices and characters are done so well. Really entertaining and fun listen

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