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===Description=== | |||
[[Image:Christie-Bust.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Christie's bust is a fine sight.]] | |||
Humans and zombies alike will see the following (permanent) description when standing in front of the monument: | |||
''"You are at the Christie Monument, a white marble statue of a 19th century figure surrounded by grass."'' | |||
A bronze bust of Dame Alberta Christie, on a plinth. | |||
===History=== | |||
[[Image:Christie.jpg|thumb|left|280px|Dame Alberta, reading ''The Stanbury Clarion''.]] | |||
The Christie Monument commemorates detective fiction author Alberta Christie, who stayed at Stanbury Village's [[the Dann Hotel|Dann Hotel]] several times in the 50s and 60s, and used it as the basis for her Miss Marble novel, ''At Tristram's Hotel''. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:46, 3 March 2013
the Christie Monument
Stanbury Village [54,50]
Basic Info:
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Description
Humans and zombies alike will see the following (permanent) description when standing in front of the monument:
"You are at the Christie Monument, a white marble statue of a 19th century figure surrounded by grass."
A bronze bust of Dame Alberta Christie, on a plinth.
History
The Christie Monument commemorates detective fiction author Alberta Christie, who stayed at Stanbury Village's Dann Hotel several times in the 50s and 60s, and used it as the basis for her Miss Marble novel, At Tristram's Hotel.