The typewriter of celebrated murder mystery author Dame Agatha Christie is set to feature in a new exhibition celebrating her life later this year.
Marking 50 years since her death, "Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery" at the British Library will showcase personal items, many of which have never been publicly displayed.
The exhibition aims to explore how the Death on the Nile author's life, travels, and interests inspired her work and the creation of iconic characters, including detective Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
Exhibits will include her typewriter, personal and professional correspondence with other writers, family photographs, and original notebooks and scripts for her novels.
Her great-grandson, James Prichard, chief executive and chairman of Agatha Christie Limited, said: "My father, Mathew, has carefully selected a wide range of items from the Christie Archive which offer remarkable insights into Agatha Christie from both a professional and personal perspective, and that are sure to fascinate visitors.
"It feels fitting to do this to help mark the 50th anniversary of her death; this combines an opportunity for quiet reflection, but also an opportunity to celebrate the immense achievements of her life. Hers was truly one of the most remarkable lives of the 20th century."
Lucy Rowland, lead curator of the exhibition, said: "Her impact on crime fiction as a genre has been immense and this exhibition will take visitors back to Christie's childhood and explore her journey to becoming an iconic writer, while celebrating how adaptations of her novels for stage and screen continue to enthral audiences today, over 50 years after her death."
Born in Torquay in 1890, Dame Agatha penned 80 crime novels and more than 25 plays, including The Mousetrap. Her works have sold some two billion books, with over one billion in the English language alone, according to her website.
The London exhibition, supported by Great Western Railway, opens on 30 October and will run until 20 June next year. It has been developed in collaboration with Agatha Christie Limited and the Christie Archive Trust.