COME, TELL ME HOW YOU LIVE: An Archaeological Me

AgathaChristie’spersonalmemoirsabouthertravelstoSyriaandIraqinthe1930swithherarchaeologisthusbandMaxMallowan，wheresheworkedonthedigsandwrotesomeofhermostevocativenovels.ThinkyouknowAgathaChristie?Thinkagain!TotheworldshewasAgathaChristie，legendaryauthorofbestsellingwhodunits.Butinthe1930ssheworeadifferenthat，travellingwithherhusband，renownedarchaeologistMaxMallowan，asheinvestigatedtheburiedruinsandancientwondersofSyriaandIraq.Whenfriendsaskedwhatthisstrange‘otherlife’waslike，shedecidedtoanswertheirquestionsbywritingdownheradventuresinthiseye-openingbook.Describedbytheauthorasa‘meanderingchronicleoflifeonanarchaeologicaldig’，Come，TellMeHowYouLiveisAgathaChristie'sverypersonalmemoirofhertimespentinthisbreathtakingcorneroftheglobe，livingamongtheworkingmenintentsinthedesertwhererecordedhumanhistorybegan.Acclaimedas‘apurepleasuretoread’，itisanaltogetherremarkableandincreasinglypoignantnarrative，afascinating，vibrantandvividportraitofeverydaylifeinaworldnowlongsincevanished.