Max Mallowan Max Mallowan Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE (6 May 1904 – 19 August 1978) was a prominent British archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern history. He was the second husband of Dame Agatha Christie. Born Edgar Mallowan in Wandsworth on 6 May 1904, he was the son of Frederick Mallowan and his wife Marguerite (née Duvivier), whose mother was mezzo-soprano Marthe Duvivier. He was educated at Rokeby School and Lancing College (where he was a contemporary of Evelyn Waugh) and studied classics at New College, Oxford. He first worked as an apprentice to Leonard Woolley at the archaeological site
The Murder on the Links resemble the actual jacket which shows Monsieur Renauld digging the open grave on the golf course at night. Christie dedicated her third book as follows:"To My Husband. A fellow enthusiast for detective stories and to whom I am indebted for much helpful advice and criticism". Christie refers here to her first husband, Archibald Christie (1890–1962) from whom she was divorced in 1928. The dustjacket front flap of the first edition carried no specially written blurb. Instead it carried quotes of reviews for "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" whilst the back jacket flap carried similar quotes for "The Secret Adversary". "The