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...2 History of Mexico - Now take a look at Rivera’s famous mural the History of Mexico: From the Conquest to the Future, which is painted on the main stairway inside Mexico City’s National Palace. First in chronological order, to the right of the central stairwell (on the north wall) there is the part of the mural called the The Aztec World (Figure 2), which was painted...

...2 The post-war detective fiction boom: historical and social context - In this section you’ll start to gain some insights into the contexts of detective fiction in the post-First World War era. You’ll learn about Agatha Christie’s life and you’ll think about the significance of detective fiction as a genre written and read, increasingly, by women. You’ll finish...

...2 When you have completed your first reading, think about the following questions: How would you describe the structure of the novel? What is Moses’ function in the narrative? What is your overriding impression of the characters’ experience of London? Discussion I’d describe the structure of the novel as episodic, consisting of a succession of anecdotes, shifting...