Tell me how you live

Memories of archaeological expeditions in the mysterious Middle East

This book is the answer. The answer to a question that people ask me very often.
"So you're digging in Syria, are you? Tell me all about it! How do you live there? In tents?"
Do you think you know Agatha Christie? Really? She was a legendary best-selling author to the world. In the 1930s, however, she traveled with her husband, the noted archaeologist Max Mallowan, who explored the ruins and ancient wonders of Syria and Iraq. When her friends asked her what this 'strange, different life' was like, she decided to answer their questions by writing down her adventures in this book.

The author described this life as a meandering chronicle of life during an archaeological dig. Tell Me How You Live is Agatha Christie's very personal memoir of her time spent in this breathtaking corner of the globe, living among working men in tents in the desert where human history began. It is an absolutely remarkable narrative, a fascinating vivid portrait of everyday life in a world that has long since disappeared.