Star Over Bethlehem: Christmas Stories and Poems

Written by Agatha Christie

Narrated by Simon Vance

From the most popular writer of all time comes a treasured collection of short stories and poems celebrating the holiday season.

The most popular detective story writer of all time turns her hand to the subject of Christmas.

In a manger in Bethlehem, an angel offers Mary a vision of things to come… and a chance to change it all.

A naughty little donkey learns the meaning of love as he carries a very special mother and child safely to Egypt.

Mrs Hargreaves wanted to like people, but didn't really know how. Then she reached out to touch a stranger, and her eyes were opened to love.

This charming reading of Agatha Christie’s stories and poems captures the true meaning of Christmas.

This three-hour audio edition contains a wealth of Agatha Christie rarities – not only all the stories and poems from her children’s book Star Over Bethlehem (1965), but also her rare poetry from the two collections The Road of Dreams (1924) and Poems (1973).

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Nov 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9780008372705

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Reviews for Star Over Bethlehem

[john257hopper · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a slightly more traditional set of Christmas stories than others I have read this year, though from an unusual pen. Agatha Christie published this set of short stories in 1965. They are warmly and cosily religious stories (ones not ramming religion down one's throat) about God appearing in various guises to people in a range of situations, ancient and modern, restoring hope and balance to those people's lives. Nothing outstanding but a pleasant read.

[mrslee_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is a collection of short stories, holiday themed, and poems, not all holiday themed. I'm not sure when this was originally published, but it reads like a Victorian collection, at least the poems do. The stories are nice, nothing earth-shattering, just nice little stories to read during the holidays. The poems were quite sentimental, seemed to focus on dead or lost lovers, the seasons and nature. I have some poetry written by my great-great grandmothers which is similar. I found those about Harlequin, Columbine and the rest very interesting, not having heard much about them before except their names.Simon Vance, as the narrator, was perfect.

[tapestry100 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Star Over Bethlehem is a collection of Christian short stories and poetry.The stories are not deep or really thought-provoking, but they are touching and kind stories. Christie tells some stories from the Bible and then other stories are about how religion can touch a person's life and leave a positive mark. I like that the stories are not preachy in anyway. They are simple tales that tell their story well.