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64/100Critics
44/100Scholars
Author:
Mark Aldridge, Mark Gatiss, Agatha Christie
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Date:
April 13, 2021
This book tells the story of Agatha Christie's fictional detective decade by decade after his first appearance in 1920's Death on the Nile, exploring his appearances not only in the original novels, short stories and plays but also across stage, screen and radio productions. The hardback edition includes more than 400 illustrations.
What The Reviewers Say
Why did I ever invent this detestable, bombastic, tiresome little creature?' sighed Christie in a 1937 article.
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World exhaustively and entertainingly surveys the book, stage, radio, magazine and film appearances of that fussy little Belgian.
... well researched and full of detail this current volume is, something for the reader’s 'little gray cells' to savor.
Historian Aldridge...celebrates the centenary of Agatha Christie’s fictional detective Hercule Poirot with a comprehensive yet lighthearted romp through his very busy career.
