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Hercule Poirot (UK: / ˈ ɛər k juː l ˈ p w ɑːr oʊ /, US: / h ɜːr ˈ k juː l p w ɑː ˈ r oʊ / [1]) is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie.Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (Black Coffee and Alibi), and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the first detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, introducing her fictional detective Hercule Poirot.It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916, and first published by John Lane in the United States in October 1920 [1] and in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head (John Lane's UK company) on 21 January 1921.
Agatha Christie's Poirot, or simply Poirot (UK: / p w ɑːr oʊ / [1]), is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. The ITV show is based on many of Agatha Christie 's famous crime fiction series, which revolves around the fictional private investigator Hercule Poirot .
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, a 2004 anime series, connects the two. The 2006 adaptation of By the Pricking of My Thumbs , as episode 7 (season 2 episode 3) of Agatha Christie's Marple , has Marple meet Tuppence while Tommy is away.
In 1974, Murder on the Orient Express was released, starring Albert Finney as Poirot. As Finney was unable to reprise his role for the sequel, Death on the Nile (1978), Peter Ustinov was cast in the part and reprised it for Evil under the Sun in 1982, Thirteen at Dinner (1985), Dead Man's Folly, and Murder in Three Acts (1986).
Hercule Poirot – Belgian private detective. A guest at Shaitana's dinner party; Ariadne Oliver – Crime fiction writer, and Poirot's friend. A guest at Shaitana's dinner party; Superintendent Battle – Detective from Scotland Yard. A guest at Shaitana's dinner party; Colonel Race – Secret Service agent. A guest at Shaitana's dinner party
Fans of Agatha Christie may learn more about themselves through her writing and the latest movie adaptation “A Haunting in Venice,” than her “cozy” detective fiction suggests, writes Noah ...
Closed Casket is a work of detective fiction by British writer Sophie Hannah, featuring Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. [1] Hannah is the first author to have been authorised by the Christie estate to write new stories for her characters. Hannah's work closely resembles the Golden Age of Detective Fiction in its structure and tropes.