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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Policeman" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Policeman"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Policeman</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Policeman-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Private_detective" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Private_detective"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Private detective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Private_detective-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retirement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retirement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Retirement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retirement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post–World_War_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post–World_War_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Post–World War II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post–World_War_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Death" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Death"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Death</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Death-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recurring_characters" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recurring_characters"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Recurring characters</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Recurring_characters-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span 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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Miss Felicity Lemon</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Miss_Felicity_Lemon-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chief_Inspector_James_Harold_Japp" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chief_Inspector_James_Harold_Japp"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Chief Inspector James Harold Japp</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chief_Inspector_James_Harold_Japp-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_novels" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_novels"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Major novels</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_novels-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Portrayals" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Portrayals"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Portrayals</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Portrayals-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Portrayals subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Portrayals-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Stage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Stage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Austin_Trevor" 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Peter_Ustinov"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.4</span> <span>Peter Ustinov</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Peter_Ustinov-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kenneth_Branagh" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kenneth_Branagh"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.5</span> <span>Kenneth Branagh</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kenneth_Branagh-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.6</span> <span>Other</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-David_Suchet" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#David_Suchet"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>David Suchet</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-David_Suchet-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.2</span> <span>Other</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anime" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anime"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Anime</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anime-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> 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also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Footnotes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Footnotes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Footnotes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footnotes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Hercule Poirot</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erk%C3%BCl_Puaro" title="Erkül Puaro – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Erkül Puaro" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%8E%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE" title="Еркюл Поаро – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Еркюл Поаро" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%97%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%8C" title="Ηρακλής Πουαρό – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ηρακλής Πουαρό" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9rcules_Poirot" title="Hércules Poirot – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Hércules Poirot" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%88" title="هرکول پوآرو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هرکول پوآرو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9rcules_Poirot" title="Hércules Poirot – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Hércules Poirot" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%90%EB%A5%B4%ED%80%BC_%ED%91%B8%EC%95%84%EB%A1%9C" title="에르퀼 푸아로 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="에르퀼 푸아로" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D6%80%D6%84%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC_%D5%8A%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B8" title="Էրքյուլ Պուարո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Էրքյուլ Պուարո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95" title="הרקול פוארו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הרקול פוארו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D" title="ಹರ್ಕ್ಯುಲ್ ಪೊಯ್ರೊಟ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಹರ್ಕ್ಯುಲ್ ಪೊಯ್ರೊಟ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D" title="ერკიულ პუარო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ერკიულ პუარო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE" title="Эркюль Пуаро – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Эркюль Пуаро" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_Poirot" title="Hercules Poirot – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Hercules Poirot" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkils_Puaro" title="Erkils Puaro – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Erkils Puaro" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE" title="Херкул Поаро – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Херкул Поаро" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%86%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%82%E0%B5%BE_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8A%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D" title="ഹെർകൂൾ പൊയ്റോട്ട് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഹെർകൂൾ പൊയ്റോട്ട്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B" title="हरक्यूल पायरो – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="हरक्यूल पायरो" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D" title="ერკიულ პუარო – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ერკიულ პუარო" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AD" title="エルキュール・ポアロ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="エルキュール・ポアロ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herkules_Poirot" title="Herkules Poirot – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Herkules Poirot" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE" title="Эркюль Пуаро – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Эркюль Пуаро" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot_(fikt%C3%ADvna_postava)" title="Hercule Poirot (fiktívna postava) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Hercule Poirot (fiktívna postava)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE" title="Херкул Поаро – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Херкул Поаро" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Hercule Poirot" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%A5_%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3" title="แอร์กูล ปัวโร – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แอร์กูล ปัวโร" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a 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Sullivan">Francis L. Sullivan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Austin_Trevor" title="Austin Trevor">Austin Trevor</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Harold_Huber" title="Harold Huber">Harold Huber</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bebb" title="Richard Bebb">Richard Williams</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Malkovich" title="John Malkovich">John Malkovich</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ferrer" title="José Ferrer">José Ferrer</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Martin_Gabel" title="Martin Gabel">Martin Gabel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tony_Randall" title="Tony Randall">Tony Randall</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a><br />Dudley Jones<br /><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ustinov" title="Peter Ustinov">Peter Ustinov</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a><br /><a href="/wiki/David_Suchet" title="David Suchet">David Suchet</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Moffatt_(actor)" title="John Moffatt (actor)">John Moffatt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Denham" title="Maurice Denham">Maurice Denham</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sallis" title="Peter Sallis">Peter Sallis</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Raikin" title="Konstantin Raikin">Konstantin Raikin</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Molina" title="Alfred Molina">Alfred Molina</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Robert_Powell" title="Robert Powell">Robert Powell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jason_Durr" title="Jason Durr">Jason Durr</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Anthony_O%27Donnell_(actor)" title="Anthony O'Donnell (actor)">Anthony O'Donnell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_It%C5%8D" title="Shirō Itō">Shirō Itō</a> (Takashi Akafuji)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mansai_Nomura" title="Mansai Nomura">Mansai Nomura</a> (Takeru Suguro)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tom_Conti" title="Tom Conti">Tom Conti</a><br /><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1l_M%C3%A1csai" title="Pál Mácsai">Pál Mácsai</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Voiced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dtar%C5%8D_Satomi" title="Kōtarō Satomi">Kōtarō Satomi</a><br /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">In-universe information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Male</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_investigator" title="Private investigator">Private investigator</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Police_officer" title="Police officer">Police officer</a> (former occupation)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data">Jules-Louis Poirot (father)<br />Godelieve Poirot (mother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Belgian</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hercule Poirot</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">UK</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɛər/: 'are' in 'bare'">ɛər</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/juː/: 'u' in 'cute'">juː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɑːr/: 'ar' in 'far'">ɑːr</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/ɜːr/: 'ur' in 'fur'">ɜːr</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/juː/: 'u' in 'cute'">juː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span></span>/</a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a fictional <a href="/wiki/Belgians" title="Belgians">Belgian</a> detective created by British writer <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a>. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (<i><a href="/wiki/Black_Coffee_(play)" title="Black Coffee (play)">Black Coffee</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Alibi_(play)" title="Alibi (play)">Alibi</a></i>), and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975. </p><p>Poirot has been portrayed on radio, in film and on television by various actors, including <a href="/wiki/Austin_Trevor" title="Austin Trevor">Austin Trevor</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Moffatt_(actor)" title="John Moffatt (actor)">John Moffatt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ustinov" title="Peter Ustinov">Peter Ustinov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Randall" title="Tony Randall">Tony Randall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Molina" title="Alfred Molina">Alfred Molina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Suchet" title="David Suchet">David Suchet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Malkovich" title="John Malkovich">John Malkovich</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Influences">Influences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Poirot's name was derived from two other fictional detectives of the time: <a href="/wiki/Marie_Belloc_Lowndes" title="Marie Belloc Lowndes">Marie Belloc Lowndes</a>' Hercule Popeau and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Howel_Evans" title="Frank Howel Evans">Frank Howel Evans</a>' Monsieur Poiret, a retired French police officer living in London.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans' Jules Poiret "was small and rather heavyset, hardly more than five feet, but moved with his head held high. The most remarkable features of his head were the stiff military moustache. His apparel was neat to perfection, a little quaint and frankly dandified." He was accompanied by Captain Harry Haven, who had returned to London from a Colombian business venture ended by a civil war. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A more obvious influence on the early Poirot stories is that of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" title="Arthur Conan Doyle">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>. In <i>An Autobiography</i>, Christie states, "I was still writing in the <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> tradition – eccentric detective, stooge assistant, with a <a href="/wiki/Inspector_Lestrade" title="Inspector Lestrade">Lestrade</a>-type Scotland Yard detective, <a href="/wiki/Inspector_Japp" title="Inspector Japp">Inspector Japp</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conan Doyle acknowledged basing his detective stories on the model of <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a>'s <a href="/wiki/C._Auguste_Dupin" title="C. Auguste Dupin">C. Auguste Dupin</a> and his anonymous narrator, and basing his character Sherlock Holmes on <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bell" title="Joseph Bell">Joseph Bell</a>, who in his use of "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ratiocination" class="extiw" title="wikt:ratiocination">ratiocination</a>" prefigured Poirot's reliance on his "little grey cells". Poirot also bears a striking resemblance to <a href="/wiki/A._E._W._Mason" title="A. E. W. Mason">A. E. W. Mason</a>'s fictional detective <a href="/wiki/Inspector_Hanaud" title="Inspector Hanaud">Inspector Hanaud</a> of the French <a href="/wiki/S%C3%BBret%C3%A9" title="Sûreté">Sûreté</a>, who first appeared in the 1910 novel <i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Villa_Rose_(novel)" title="At the Villa Rose (novel)">At the Villa Rose</a></i> and predates the first Poirot novel by 10 years. </p><p>Christie's Poirot was clearly the result of her early development of the detective in her first book, written in 1916 and published in 1920. The <a href="/wiki/Belgian_refugees_in_Britain_during_the_First_World_War" title="Belgian refugees in Britain during the First World War">large number of refugees in the country</a> who had fled the <a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1914)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1914)">German invasion of Belgium</a> in August to November 1914 served as a plausible explanation of why such a skilled detective would be available to solve mysteries at an <a href="/wiki/English_country_house" title="English country house">English country house</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1939_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1939-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of Christie's writing, it was considered patriotic to express sympathy towards the Belgians,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> since the invasion of their country had constituted Britain's <i><a href="/wiki/Casus_belli" title="Casus belli">casus belli</a></i> for entering World War I, and British wartime propaganda emphasised the "<a href="/wiki/Rape_of_Belgium" title="Rape of Belgium">Rape of Belgium</a>". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popularity">Popularity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Popularity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Poirot first appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles" title="The Mysterious Affair at Styles">The Mysterious Affair at Styles</a></i>, published in 1920, and exited in <i><a href="/wiki/Curtain_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtain (novel)">Curtain</a></i>, published in 1975. Following the latter, Poirot was the only fictional character to receive an obituary on the front page of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1930, Agatha Christie found Poirot "insufferable"; by 1960, she felt that Poirot was a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep". Despite this, Poirot remained an exceedingly popular character with the general public. Christie later stated that she refused to kill him off, claiming that it was her duty to produce what the public liked.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Appearance_and_proclivities">Appearance and proclivities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Appearance and proclivities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Captain_Arthur_Hastings" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain Arthur Hastings">Captain Arthur Hastings</a>'s first description of Poirot: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>He was hardly more than five feet four inches but carried himself with great dignity. His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. Even if everything on his face was covered, the tips of moustache and the pink-tipped nose would be visible. The neatness of his attire was almost incredible; I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound. Yet this quaint dandified little man who, I was sorry to see, now limped badly, had been in his time one of the most celebrated members of the Belgian police.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1939_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1939-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Agatha Christie's initial description of Poirot in <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express" title="Murder on the Orient Express">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>By the step leading up into the sleeping-car stood a young French lieutenant, resplendent in uniform, conversing with a small man [Hercule Poirot] muffled up to the ears of whom nothing was visible but a pink-tipped nose and the two points of an upward-curled moustache. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2011_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2011-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In the later books, his limp is not mentioned, suggesting it may have been a temporary wartime injury. (In <i><a href="/wiki/Curtain:_Poirot%27s_Last_Case" title="Curtain: Poirot's Last Case">Curtain</a></i>, Poirot admits he was wounded when he first came to England.) Poirot has green eyes that are repeatedly described as shining "like a cat's" when he is struck by a clever idea,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and dark hair, which he dyes later in life. In <i>Curtain</i>, he admits to Hastings that he has taken to wearing a wig and a false moustache.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in many of his screen incarnations, he is bald or balding. </p><p>Frequent mention is made of his <a href="/wiki/Patent_leather" title="Patent leather">patent leather</a> shoes, damage to which is frequently a source of misery for him, but comical for the reader.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poirot's appearance, regarded as fastidious during his early career, later falls hopelessly out of fashion.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among Poirot's most significant personal attributes is the sensitivity of his stomach: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The plane dropped slightly. <i>"Mon estomac,"</i> thought Hercule Poirot, and closed his eyes determinedly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2010Chapter_1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2010Chapter_1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>He suffers from <a href="/wiki/Sea_sickness" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea sickness">sea sickness</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, in <i><a href="/wiki/Death_in_the_Clouds" title="Death in the Clouds">Death in the Clouds</a></i>, he states that his air sickness prevents him from being more alert at the time of the murder. Later in his life, we are told: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Always a man who had taken his stomach seriously, he was reaping his reward in old age. Eating was not only a physical pleasure, it was also an intellectual research.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2010Chapter_1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2010Chapter_1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Poirot is extremely punctual and carries a <a href="/wiki/Pocket_watch" title="Pocket watch">pocket watch</a> almost to the end of his career.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also particular about his personal finances, preferring to keep a bank balance of 444 pounds, 4 shillings, and 4 pence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2013a_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2013a-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Actor <a href="/wiki/David_Suchet" title="David Suchet">David Suchet</a>, who portrayed Poirot on television, said "there's no question he's <a href="/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive" class="mw-redirect" title="Obsessive-compulsive">obsessive-compulsive</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Film portrayer <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a> said that he "enjoyed finding the sort of obsessive-compulsive" in Poirot.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As mentioned in <i><a href="/wiki/Curtain_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtain (novel)">Curtain</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Clocks" title="The Clocks">The Clocks</a></i>, he is fond of classical music, particularly <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Mozart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Bach</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Methods">Methods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Methods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <i>The Mysterious Affair at Styles</i>, Poirot operates as a fairly conventional, clue-based and logical detective; reflected in his vocabulary by two common phrases: his use of "<a href="/wiki/Grey_matter" title="Grey matter">the little grey cells</a>" and "order and method". Hastings is irritated by the fact that Poirot sometimes conceals important details of his plans, as in <i>The Big Four</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004b_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004b-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this novel, Hastings is kept in the dark throughout the climax. This aspect of Poirot is less evident in the later novels, partly because there is rarely a narrator to mislead. </p><p>In <i>Murder on the Links,</i> still largely dependent on clues himself, Poirot mocks a rival "bloodhound" detective who focuses on the traditional trail of clues established in detective fiction (e.g., Sherlock Holmes depending on <a href="/wiki/Footprints" class="mw-redirect" title="Footprints">footprints</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fingerprint" title="Fingerprint">fingerprints</a>, and cigar ash). From this point on, Poirot establishes his psychological bona fides. Rather than painstakingly examining crime scenes, he enquires into the nature of the victim or the psychology of the murderer. He predicates his actions in the later novels on his underlying assumption that particular crimes are committed by particular types of people. </p><p>Poirot focuses on getting people to talk. In the early novels, he casts himself in the role of "Papa Poirot", a benign confessor, especially to young women. In later works, Christie made a point of having Poirot supply false or misleading information about himself or his background to assist him in obtaining information.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</i>, Poirot speaks of a non-existent mentally disabled nephew<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to uncover information about homes for the mentally unfit. In <i>Dumb Witness</i>, Poirot invents an elderly invalid mother as a pretence to investigate local nurses. In <i>The Big Four</i>, Poirot pretends to have (and poses as) an identical twin brother named Achille: however, this brother was mentioned again in <i>The Labours of Hercules</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004b_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004b-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>"If I remember rightly – though my memory isn't what it was – you also had a brother called Achille, did you not?" Poirot's mind raced back over the details of Achille Poirot's career. Had all that really happened? "Only for a short space of time," he replied.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1947_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1947-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Poirot is also willing to appear more foreign or vain in an effort to make people underestimate him. He admits as much: </p> <blockquote><p>It is true that I can speak the exact, the idiomatic English. But, my friend, to speak the broken English is an enormous asset. It leads people to despise you. They say – a foreigner – he can't even speak English properly. ... Also I boast! An Englishman he says often, "A fellow who thinks as much of himself as that cannot be worth much." ... And so, you see, I put people off their guard.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2006bfinal_chapter_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2006bfinal_chapter-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>He also has a tendency to <a href="/wiki/Illeism" title="Illeism">refer to himself in the third person</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In later novels, Christie often uses the word <i>mountebank</i> when characters describe Poirot, showing that he has successfully passed himself off as a <a href="/wiki/Charlatan" title="Charlatan">charlatan</a> or fraud. </p><p>Poirot's investigating techniques assist him solving cases; "For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away..."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2005Chapter_18_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2005Chapter_18-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end, Poirot usually reveals his description of the sequence of events and his deductions to a room of suspects, often leading to the culprit's apprehension. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2011-07-26_Belgique_-_Ellezelles_-_Hercule_Poirot_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/2011-07-26_Belgique_-_Ellezelles_-_Hercule_Poirot_002.jpg/220px-2011-07-26_Belgique_-_Ellezelles_-_Hercule_Poirot_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/2011-07-26_Belgique_-_Ellezelles_-_Hercule_Poirot_002.jpg/330px-2011-07-26_Belgique_-_Ellezelles_-_Hercule_Poirot_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/2011-07-26_Belgique_-_Ellezelles_-_Hercule_Poirot_002.jpg/440px-2011-07-26_Belgique_-_Ellezelles_-_Hercule_Poirot_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>A statuette of Poirot in <a href="/wiki/Ellezelles" title="Ellezelles">Ellezelles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christie was purposely vague about Poirot's origins, as he is thought to be an elderly man even in the early novels. In <i>An Autobiography,</i> she admitted that she already imagined him to be an old man in 1920. At the time, however, she did not know that she would write works featuring him for decades to come.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A brief passage in <i>The Big Four</i> provides original information about Poirot's birth or at least childhood in or near the town of <a href="/wiki/Spa,_Belgium" title="Spa, Belgium">Spa, Belgium</a>: "But we did not go into Spa itself. We left the main road and wound into the leafy fastnesses of the hills, till we reached a little hamlet and an isolated white villa high on the hillside."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_16_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_16-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christie strongly implies that this "quiet retreat in the <a href="/wiki/Ardennes" title="Ardennes">Ardennes</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_17_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_17-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near Spa is the location of the Poirot family home. </p><p>An alternative tradition holds that Poirot was born in the village of <a href="/wiki/Ellezelles" title="Ellezelles">Ellezelles</a> (province of Hainaut, Belgium).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few memorials dedicated to Hercule Poirot can be seen in the centre of this village. There appears to be no reference to this in Christie's writings, but the town of Ellezelles cherishes a copy of Poirot's birth certificate in a local memorial 'attesting' Poirot's birth, naming his father and mother as Jules-Louis Poirot and Godelieve Poirot. </p><p>Christie wrote that Poirot is a Catholic by birth,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but not much is described about his later religious convictions, except sporadic references to his "going to church" and occasional invocations of <i>"le bon Dieu"</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christie provides little information regarding Poirot's childhood, only mentioning in <i>Three Act Tragedy</i> that he comes from a large family with little wealth, and has at least one younger sister. Apart from French and English, Poirot is also fluent in German.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Policeman">Policeman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Policeman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <blockquote><p>Gustave ... was not a policeman. I have dealt with policemen all my life and I <i>know</i>. He could pass as a detective to an outsider but not to a man who was a policeman himself. </p><dl><dd>— Hercule Poirot, <i> The Erymanthian Boar</i><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (February 2024)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd></dl></blockquote> <p>Hercule Poirot was active in the <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> police force by 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2009bChapter_15_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2009bChapter_15-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Very little mention is made about this part of his life, but in "<a href="/wiki/The_Labours_of_Hercules#The_Nemean_Lion" title="The Labours of Hercules">The Nemean Lion</a>" (1939) Poirot refers to a Belgian case of his in which "a wealthy soap manufacturer ... poisoned his wife in order to be free to marry his secretary".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As Poirot was often misleading about his past to gain information, the truthfulness of that statement is unknown; it does, however, scare off a would-be wife-killer. </p><p>In the short story <a href="/wiki/Poirot%27s_Early_Cases#"The_Chocolate_Box"" title="Poirot's Early Cases">"The Chocolate Box"</a> (1923), Poirot reveals to <a href="/wiki/Captain_Arthur_Hastings" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain Arthur Hastings">Captain Arthur Hastings</a> an account of what he considers to be his only failure. Poirot admits that he has failed to solve a crime "innumerable" times: </p> <blockquote><p>I have been called in too late. Very often another, working towards the same goal, has arrived there first. Twice I have been struck down with illness just as I was on the point of success.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p></blockquote> <p>Nevertheless, he regards the 1893 case in "The Chocolate Box",<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inspector Japp offers some insight into Poirot's career with the Belgian police when introducing him to a colleague: </p> <blockquote><p>You've heard me speak of Mr Poirot? It was in 1904 he and I worked together – the Abercrombie forgery case – you remember he was run down in Brussels. Ah, those were the days Moosier. Then, do you remember "Baron" Altara? There was a pretty rogue for you! He eluded the clutches of half the police in Europe. But we nailed him in Antwerp – thanks to Mr. Poirot here.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1939Chapter_7_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1939Chapter_7-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In <i>The Double Clue,</i> Poirot mentions that he was Chief of Police of Brussels, until "the Great War" (World War I) forced him to leave for England.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Private_detective">Private detective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Private detective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <blockquote><p>I had called in at my friend Poirot's rooms to find him sadly overworked. So much had he become the rage that every rich woman who had mislaid a bracelet or lost a pet kitten rushed to secure the services of the great Hercule Poirot. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2013b_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2013b-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>During World War I, Poirot <a href="/wiki/Belgian_refugees_in_Britain_during_the_First_World_War" title="Belgian refugees in Britain during the First World War">left Belgium for England as a refugee</a>, although he returned a few times. On 16 July 1916 he again met his lifelong friend, Captain Arthur Hastings, and solved the first of his cases to be published, <i>The Mysterious Affair at Styles</i>. It is clear that Hastings and Poirot are already friends when they meet in Chapter 2 of the novel, as Hastings tells Cynthia that he has not seen him for "some years". <i>Agatha Christie's Poirot</i> has Hastings reveal that they met on a shooting case where Hastings was a suspect.<sup id="cite_ref-KidnapPM_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KidnapPM-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Particulars such as the date of 1916 for the case and that Hastings had met Poirot in Belgium, are given in <i>Curtain</i>, Chapter 1. After that case, Poirot apparently came to the attention of the British secret service and undertook cases for the British government, including foiling the attempted abduction of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Britain">Prime Minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KidnapPM_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KidnapPM-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Readers were told that the British authorities had learned of Poirot's keen investigative ability from certain members of <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Royal_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Royal Family">Belgium's royal family</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:408px;max-width:408px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florin_Court_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Florin_Court_%282%29.jpg/200px-Florin_Court_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Florin_Court_%282%29.jpg/300px-Florin_Court_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Florin_Court_%282%29.jpg/400px-Florin_Court_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Florin_Court-13909277428.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Florin_Court-13909277428.jpg/200px-Florin_Court-13909277428.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Florin_Court-13909277428.jpg/300px-Florin_Court-13909277428.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Florin_Court-13909277428.jpg/400px-Florin_Court-13909277428.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4522" data-file-height="3315" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Florin_Court" title="Florin Court">Florin Court</a> became the fictional residence of Agatha Christie's Poirot, known as "Whitehaven Mansions".</div></div></div></div> <p>After the war, Poirot became a private detective and began undertaking civilian cases. He moved into what became both his home and work address, Flat 203 at 56B Whitehaven Mansions. Hastings first visits the flat when he returns to England in June 1935 from Argentina in <i><a href="/wiki/The_A.B.C._Murders" title="The A.B.C. Murders">The A.B.C. Murders</a></i>, Chapter 1. The TV programmes place this in <a href="/wiki/Florin_Court" title="Florin Court">Florin Court</a>, Charterhouse Square, in the wrong part of London.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Hastings, it was chosen by Poirot "entirely on account of its strict geometrical appearance and proportion" and described as the "newest type of service flat". His first case in this period was "The Affair at the Victory Ball", which allowed Poirot to enter high society and begin his career as a private detective. </p><p>Between the world wars, Poirot travelled all over Europe and the Middle East investigating crimes and solving murders. Most of his cases occurred during this time, and he was at the height of his powers at this point in his life. In <i>The Murder on the Links</i>, the Belgian pits his grey cells against a French murderer. In the Middle East, he solved the cases <i>Death on the Nile</i> and <i>Murder in Mesopotamia</i> with ease, and even survived <i>An Appointment with Death</i>. As he passed through Eastern Europe on his return trip, he solved <i>The Murder on the Orient Express</i>. He did not travel to Africa or Asia, probably to avoid seasickness. </p> <blockquote><p>It is this villainous sea that troubles me! The <i>mal de mer</i> – it is horrible suffering!<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>It was during this time he met the Countess Vera Rossakoff, a glamorous jewel thief. The history of the countess is, like Poirot's, steeped in mystery. She claims to have been a member of the Russian aristocracy before the Russian Revolution and suffered greatly as a result, but how much of that story is true is an open question. Even Poirot acknowledges that Rossakoff offered wildly varying accounts of her early life. Poirot later became smitten with the woman and allowed her to escape justice.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>It is the misfortune of small, precise men always to hanker after large and flamboyant women. Poirot had never been able to rid himself of the fatal fascination that the countess held for him.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Although letting the countess escape was morally questionable, it was not uncommon. In <i>The Nemean Lion</i>, Poirot sided with the criminal, Miss Amy Carnaby, allowing her to evade prosecution by blackmailing his client Sir Joseph Hoggins, who, Poirot discovered, had plans to commit murder. Poirot even sent Miss Carnaby two hundred pounds as a final payoff prior to the conclusion of her dog kidnapping campaign. In <i>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</i>, Poirot allowed the murderer to escape justice through suicide and then withheld the truth to spare the feelings of the murderer's relatives. </p><p>In <i>The Augean Stables</i>, he helped the government to cover up vast corruption. In <i>Murder on the Orient Express</i>, Poirot allowed the murderers to go free after discovering that twelve different people participated in the murder, each one stabbing the victim in a darkened carriage, after drugging him into unconsciousness so that there was no way for anyone to definitively determine which of them actually delivered the killing blow. The victim had committed a disgusting crime which led to the deaths of at least five people, and there was no question of his guilt, but he had been acquitted in America in a miscarriage of justice. </p><p>Considering it poetic justice that twelve jurors had acquitted him and twelve people had stabbed him, Poirot produced an alternative sequence of events to explain the death involving an unknown additional passenger on the train, with the medical examiner agreeing to doctor his own report to support this theory. </p><p>After his cases in the Middle East, Poirot returned to Britain. Apart from some of the so-called Labours of Hercules (see next section) he very rarely went abroad during his later career. He moved into Styles Court towards the end of his life. </p><p>While Poirot was usually paid handsomely by clients, he was also known to take on cases that piqued his curiosity, although they did not pay well. </p><p>Poirot shows a love of steam trains, which Christie contrasts with Hastings' love of autos: this is shown in <i><a href="/wiki/Poirot%27s_Early_Cases" title="Poirot's Early Cases">The Plymouth Express</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_the_Blue_Train" title="The Mystery of the Blue Train">The Mystery of the Blue Train</a></i>, <i>Murder on the Orient Express</i>, and <i>The ABC Murders</i>. In the TV series, steam trains are seen in nearly all of the episodes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement">Retirement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <blockquote><p>That's the way of it. Just a case or two, just one case more – the Prima Donna's farewell performance won't be in it with yours, Poirot.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Confusion surrounds Poirot's retirement. Most of the cases covered by Poirot's private detective agency take place before his retirement to attempt to grow larger <a href="/wiki/Squash_(plant)" class="mw-redirect" title="Squash (plant)">marrows</a>, at which time he solves <i>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</i>. It has been said that the twelve cases related in <i>The Labours of Hercules</i> (1947) must refer to a different retirement, but the fact that Poirot specifically says that he intends to grow marrows indicates that these stories also take place before <i>Roger Ackroyd</i>, and presumably Poirot closed his agency once he had completed them. </p><p>There is specific mention in "The Capture of Cerberus" of the twenty-year gap between Poirot's previous meeting with Countess Rossakoff and this one. If the <i>Labours</i> precede the events in <i>Roger Ackroyd</i>, then the Ackroyd case must have taken place around twenty years <i>later</i> than it was published, and so must any of the cases that refer to it. One alternative would be that having failed to grow marrows once, Poirot is determined to have another go, but this is specifically denied by Poirot himself.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In "The Erymanthian Boar", a character is said to have been turned out of Austria by the <a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazis</a>, implying that the events of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Labours_of_Hercules" title="The Labours of Hercules">The Labours of Hercules</a></i> took place after 1937. Another alternative would be to suggest that the Preface to the <i>Labours</i> takes place at one date but that the labours are completed over a matter of twenty years. None of the explanations is especially attractive. </p><p>In terms of a rudimentary chronology, Poirot speaks of retiring to grow marrows in Chapter 18 of <i>The Big Four</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_18_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_18-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1927) which places that novel out of published order before <i>Roger Ackroyd</i>. He declines to solve a case for the Home Secretary because he is retired in Chapter One of <i>Peril at End House</i> (1932). He has certainly retired at the time of <i>Three Act Tragedy</i> (1935) but he does not enjoy his retirement and repeatedly takes cases thereafter when his curiosity is engaged. </p><p>He continues to employ his secretary, Miss Lemon, at the time of the cases retold in <i>Hickory Dickory Dock</i> and <i>Dead Man's Folly</i>, which take place in the mid-1950s. It is, therefore, better to assume that Christie provided no authoritative chronology for Poirot's retirement but assumed that he could either be an active detective, a consulting detective, or a retired detective as the needs of the immediate case required. </p><p>One consistent element about Poirot's retirement is that his fame declines during it, so that in the later novels he is often disappointed when characters, especially younger characters, recognise neither him nor his name: </p> <blockquote><p>"I should, perhaps, Madame, tell you a little more about myself. I am <i>Hercule Poirot</i>."<br /> </p><p>The revelation left Mrs Summerhayes unmoved.<br /> </p><p> "What a lovely name," she said kindly. "Greek, isn't it?"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1952Chapter_4_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1952Chapter_4-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post–World_War_II"><span id="Post.E2.80.93World_War_II"></span>Post–World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Post–World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> He, I knew, was not likely to be far from his headquarters. The time when cases had drawn him from one end of England to the other was past. </p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Hastings<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_1_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_1-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2014)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Poirot is less active during the cases that take place at the end of his career. Beginning with <i>Three Act Tragedy</i> (1934), Christie had perfected during the inter-war years a subgenre of Poirot novel in which the detective himself spent much of the first third of the novel on the periphery of events. In novels such as <i>Taken at the Flood</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/After_the_Funeral" title="After the Funeral">After the Funeral</a></i>, and <i>Hickory Dickory Dock</i>, he is even less in evidence, frequently passing the duties of main interviewing detective to a subsidiary character. In <i>Cat Among the Pigeons</i>, Poirot's entrance is so late as to be almost an afterthought. Whether this was a reflection of his age or of Christie's distaste for him, is impossible to assess. <i><a href="/wiki/Crooked_House" title="Crooked House">Crooked House</a></i> (1949) and <i><a href="/wiki/Ordeal_by_Innocence" title="Ordeal by Innocence">Ordeal by Innocence</a></i> (1957), which could easily have been Poirot novels, represent a logical endpoint of the general diminution of his presence in such works. </p><p>Towards the end of his career, it becomes clear that Poirot's retirement is no longer a convenient fiction. He assumes a genuinely inactive lifestyle during which he concerns himself with studying famous unsolved cases of the past and reading detective novels. He even writes a book about mystery fiction in which he deals sternly with <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilkie_Collins" title="Wilkie Collins">Wilkie Collins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2011cChapter_1_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2011cChapter_1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2014)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In the absence of a more appropriate puzzle, he solves such inconsequential domestic riddles as the presence of three pieces of orange peel in his umbrella stand.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2006aChapter_14_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2006aChapter_14-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2014)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Poirot (and, it is reasonable to suppose, his creator)<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becomes increasingly bemused by the vulgarism of the up-and-coming generation's young people. In <i>Hickory Dickory Dock</i>, he investigates the strange goings-on in a student hostel, while in <i>Third Girl</i> (1966) he is forced into contact with the smart set of Chelsea youths. In the growing drug and pop culture of the sixties, he proves himself once again but has become heavily reliant on other investigators, especially the <a href="/wiki/Private_investigator" title="Private investigator">private investigator</a>, Mr. Goby, who provide him with the clues that he can no longer gather for himself. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p><i>You're too old</i>. Nobody told me you were so old. I really don't want to be rude but – there it is. <i>You're too old</i>. I'm really very sorry. </p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Norma Restarick to Poirot in <i>Third Girl</i>, Chapter 1<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2011cChapter_1_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2011cChapter_1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (August 2014)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Notably, during this time his physical characteristics also change dramatically, and by the time Arthur Hastings meets Poirot again in <i>Curtain</i>, he looks very different from his previous appearances, having become thin with age and with obviously dyed hair. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the ITV television series, Poirot died in October 1949<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from complications of a heart condition at the end of <i><a href="/wiki/Curtain:_Poirot%27s_Last_Case" title="Curtain: Poirot's Last Case">Curtain</a></i>. This took place at Styles Court, the scene of his first English case in 1916. In Christie's novels, he lived into the early 1970s, perhaps even until 1975 when <i>Curtain</i> was published. </p><p>In <i>Curtain</i>, Poirot himself became a murderer, in order to prevent further murders instigated by a man who manipulated others to kill for him, subtly and psychologically manipulating the moments where others desire to commit murder so that they carry out the crime when they might otherwise dismiss their thoughts as nothing more than a momentary passion. Poirot executed the man, as otherwise he would have continued his actions and never been convicted. </p><p>Poirot himself died shortly after having committed murder. He had moved his <a href="/wiki/Amyl_nitrite" title="Amyl nitrite">amyl nitrite</a> pills out of his own reach, possibly because of guilt. Poirot himself noted that he wanted to kill his victim shortly before his own death so that he could avoid succumbing to the arrogance of the murderer, concerned that he might come to view himself as entitled to kill those whom he deemed necessary to eliminate. </p><p>It is revealed at the end of <i>Curtain</i> that he fakes his need for a wheelchair to fool people into believing that he is suffering from <a href="/wiki/Arthritis" title="Arthritis">arthritis</a>, to give the impression that he is more infirm than he is. His last recorded words are "<i>Cher ami!</i>", spoken to Hastings as the Captain left his room. The TV adaptation adds that as Poirot is dying alone, he whispers out his final prayer to God in these words: "Forgive me... forgive...". Poirot was buried at Styles, and his funeral was arranged by his best friend Hastings and Hastings' daughter Judith. Hastings reasoned, "Here was the spot where he had lived when he first came to this country. He was to lie here at the last." </p><p>Poirot's actual death and funeral occurred in <i>Curtain</i>, years after his retirement from the active investigation, but it was not the first time that Hastings attended the funeral of his best friend. In <i>The Big Four</i> (1927), Poirot feigned his death and subsequent funeral to launch a surprise attack on the Big Four. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recurring_characters">Recurring characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Recurring characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Captain_Arthur_Hastings">Captain Arthur Hastings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Captain Arthur Hastings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hastings" title="Arthur Hastings">Arthur Hastings</a></div> <p>Hastings, a former British Army officer, meets Poirot during Poirot's years as a police officer in Belgium and almost immediately after they both arrive in England. He becomes Poirot's lifelong friend and appears in many cases. Poirot regards Hastings as a poor private detective, not particularly intelligent, yet helpful in his way of being fooled by the criminal or seeing things the way the average man would see them and for his tendency to unknowingly "stumble" onto the truth.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hastings marries and has four children – two sons and two daughters. As a loyal, albeit somewhat naïve companion, Hastings is to Poirot what Watson is to Sherlock Holmes. </p><p>Hastings is capable of great bravery and courage, facing death unflinchingly when confronted by <i>The Big Four</i> and displaying unwavering loyalty towards Poirot. However, when forced to choose between Poirot and his wife in that novel, he initially chooses to betray Poirot to protect his wife. Later, though, he tells Poirot to draw back and escape the trap. </p><p>The two are an airtight team until Hastings meets and marries Dulcie Duveen, a beautiful music hall performer half his age, after investigating the <i>Murder on the Links</i>. They later emigrated to Argentina, leaving Poirot behind as a "very unhappy old man". Poirot and Hastings reunite during the novels <i>The Big Four</i>, <i>Peril at End House</i>, <i>The ABC Murders</i>, <i>Lord Edgware Dies</i>, and <i>Dumb Witness,</i> when Hastings arrives in England for business, with Poirot noting in <i>ABC Murders</i> that he enjoys having Hastings over because he feels that he always has his most interesting cases with Hastings. </p><p>The two collaborate for the final time in <i>Curtain</i> when the seemingly-crippled Poirot asks Hastings to assist him in his final case. When the killer they are tracking nearly manipulates Hastings into committing murder, Poirot describes this in his final farewell letter to Hastings as the catalyst that prompted him to eliminate the man himself, as Poirot <i>knew</i> that his friend was not a murderer and refused to let a man capable of manipulating Hastings in such a manner go on. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mrs_Ariadne_Oliver">Mrs Ariadne Oliver</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Mrs Ariadne Oliver"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ariadne_Oliver" title="Ariadne Oliver">Ariadne Oliver</a></div> <p>Detective novelist Ariadne Oliver is Agatha Christie's humorous self-caricature. Like Christie, she is not overly fond of the detective whom she is most famous for creating–in Ariadne's case, Finnish sleuth <a href="/wiki/Sven_Hjerson" class="mw-redirect" title="Sven Hjerson">Sven Hjerson</a>. We never learn anything about her husband, but we do know that she hates alcohol and public appearances and has a great fondness for apples, until she is put off them by the events of <i><a href="/wiki/Hallowe%27en_Party" title="Hallowe'en Party">Hallowe'en Party</a></i>. She has a habit of constantly changing her hairstyle. In every appearance by her much is made of her clothes and hats. Her maid Maria prevents the public adoration from becoming too much of a burden on her employer but does nothing to prevent her from becoming too much of a burden on others. </p><p>She has authored more than 56 novels and greatly dislikes people modifying her characters. She is the only one in Poirot's universe to have noted that "It's not natural for five or six people to be on the spot when B is murdered and all have a motive for killing B." She first met Poirot in the story <i>Cards on the Table</i> and has bothered him ever since. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Miss_Felicity_Lemon">Miss Felicity Lemon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Miss Felicity Lemon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Poirot's secretary, Miss Felicity Lemon, has few human weaknesses. The only mistakes she makes within the series are a typing error during the events of <i>Hickory Dickory Dock</i> and the mis-mailing of an electricity bill, although she was worried about strange events surrounding her sister who worked at a student hostel at the time. Poirot described her as being "Unbelievably ugly and incredibly efficient. Anything that she mentioned as worth consideration usually was worth consideration." She is an expert on nearly everything and plans to create the perfect filing system. </p><p>In <i>The Agatha Christie Hour</i>, she was portrayed by Angela Easterling, while in <i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot" title="Agatha Christie's Poirot">Agatha Christie's Poirot</a></i> she was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Moran" title="Pauline Moran">Pauline Moran</a> (where she was shown to be efficient, prim and modest, but not remotely "unbelievably ugly".) On a number of occasions, she joins Poirot in his inquiries or seeks out answers alone at his request. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_Inspector_James_Harold_Japp">Chief Inspector James Harold Japp</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Chief Inspector James Harold Japp"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Inspector_Japp" title="Inspector Japp">Inspector Japp</a></div> <p>Japp is a <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Yard" title="Scotland Yard">Scotland Yard</a> Inspector and appears in many of the stories trying to solve cases that Poirot is working on. Japp is outgoing, loud, and sometimes inconsiderate by nature, and his relationship with the refined Belgian is one of the stranger aspects of Poirot's world. He first met Poirot in Belgium in 1904, during the Abercrombie Forgery. Later that year they joined forces again to hunt down a criminal known as Baron Altara. They also meet in England where Poirot often helps Japp and lets him take credit in return for special favours. These favours usually entail Poirot being supplied with other interesting cases.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot" title="Agatha Christie's Poirot">Agatha Christie's Poirot</a></i>, Japp was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Jackson_(actor)" title="Philip Jackson (actor)">Philip Jackson</a>. In the film, <i><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_at_Dinner_(film)" title="Thirteen at Dinner (film)">Thirteen at Dinner</a></i> (1985), adapted from <i>Lord Edgware Dies</i>, the role of Japp was taken by the actor <a href="/wiki/David_Suchet" title="David Suchet">David Suchet</a>, who would later star as Poirot in the ITV adaptations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_novels">Major novels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Major novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot_in_literature" title="Hercule Poirot in literature">Hercule Poirot in literature</a></div> <p>The Poirot books take readers through the whole of his life in England, from the first book (<i>The Mysterious Affair at Styles</i>), where he is a refugee staying at Styles, to the last Poirot book (<i>Curtain</i>), where he visits Styles before his death. In between, Poirot solves cases outside England as well, including his most famous case, <i>Murder on the Orient Express</i> (1934). </p><p>Hercule Poirot became famous in 1926 with the publication of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd" title="The Murder of Roger Ackroyd">The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</a></i>, whose surprising solution proved controversial. The novel is still among the most famous of all detective novels: <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Wilson" title="Edmund Wilson">Edmund Wilson</a> alludes to it in the title of his well-known attack on detective fiction, "Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?" Other critically acclaimed Poirot novels include <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express" title="Murder on the Orient Express">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i> (1934); <i><a href="/wiki/The_A.B.C._Murders" title="The A.B.C. Murders">The ABC Murders</a></i> (1935)<i>; <a href="/wiki/Cards_on_the_Table" title="Cards on the Table">Cards on the Table</a></i> (1936); and <i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile" title="Death on the Nile">Death on the Nile</a></i> (1937), a tale of multiple murders upon a Nile steamer. <i>Death on the Nile</i> was judged by the famed detective novelist <a href="/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr" title="John Dickson Carr">John Dickson Carr</a> to be among the ten greatest mystery novels of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1942 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Five_Little_Pigs" title="Five Little Pigs">Five Little Pigs</a></i> (a.k.a. <i>Murder in Retrospect</i>), in which Poirot investigates a murder committed sixteen years before by analysing various accounts of the tragedy, has been called "the best Christie of all"<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by critic and mystery novelist <a href="/wiki/Robert_Barnard" title="Robert Barnard">Robert Barnard</a>. </p><p>In 2014, the Poirot canon was added to by <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Hannah" title="Sophie Hannah">Sophie Hannah</a>, the first author to be commissioned by the Christie estate to write an original story. The novel was called <i><a href="/wiki/The_Monogram_Murders" title="The Monogram Murders">The Monogram Murders</a></i>, and was set in the late 1920s, placing it chronologically between <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_the_Blue_Train" title="The Mystery of the Blue Train">The Mystery of the Blue Train</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Peril_at_End_House" title="Peril at End House">Peril at End House</a></i>. A second Hannah-penned Poirot came out in 2016, called <i><a href="/wiki/Closed_Casket_(novel)" title="Closed Casket (novel)">Closed Casket</a></i>, and a third, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Three_Quarters" title="The Mystery of Three Quarters">The Mystery of Three Quarters</a></i>, in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portrayals">Portrayals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Portrayals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stage">Stage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first actor to portray Poirot was <a href="/wiki/Charles_Laughton" title="Charles Laughton">Charles Laughton</a>. He appeared on the West End in 1928 in the play <i><a href="/wiki/Alibi_(play)" title="Alibi (play)">Alibi</a></i> which had been adapted by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Morton_(dramatist)" title="Michael Morton (dramatist)">Michael Morton</a> from the novel <i>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</i>. In 1932, the play was performed as <i>The Fatal Alibi</i> on Broadway. Another Poirot play, <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Coffee_(play)" title="Black Coffee (play)">Black Coffee</a></i> opened in London at the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_Theatre_(London)" title="Embassy Theatre (London)">Embassy Theatre</a> on 8 December 1930 and starred <a href="/wiki/Francis_L._Sullivan" title="Francis L. Sullivan">Francis L. Sullivan</a> as Poirot. </p><p><i>Black Coffee</i> was revived by The Agatha Christie Theatre Company for an extensive UK tour in 2014. Poirot was initially portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Powell" title="Robert Powell">Robert Powell</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Jason_Durr" title="Jason Durr">Jason Durr</a> later taking over the role partway through the run.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>American playwright <a href="/wiki/Ken_Ludwig" title="Ken Ludwig">Ken Ludwig</a> adapted <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express" title="Murder on the Orient Express">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i> into a play, which premiered at the <a href="/wiki/McCarter_Theatre" title="McCarter Theatre">McCarter Theatre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey" title="Princeton, New Jersey">Princeton, New Jersey</a> on 14 March 2017. It starred English actor <a href="/wiki/Allan_Corduner" title="Allan Corduner">Allan Corduner</a> in the role of Hercule Poirot. A 2022 UK production starred <a href="/wiki/Henry_Goodman" title="Henry Goodman">Henry Goodman</a>. A new touring production will star <a href="/wiki/Michael_Maloney" title="Michael Maloney">Michael Maloney</a> as Poirot.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other notable actors who have portrayed Poirot on stage include <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Barker" title="Ronnie Barker">Ronnie Barker</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Rossiter" title="Leonard Rossiter">Leonard Rossiter</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Magill" title="Ronald Magill">Ronald Magill</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Cargill" title="Patrick Cargill">Patrick Cargill</a><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Marks" title="Alfred Marks">Alfred Marks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Austin_Trevor">Austin Trevor</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Austin Trevor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Austin_Trevor" title="Austin Trevor">Austin Trevor</a> debuted the role of Poirot on screen in the 1931 British film <i><a href="/wiki/Alibi_(1931_film)" title="Alibi (1931 film)">Alibi</a></i>. The film was based on the stage play. Trevor reprised the role of Poirot twice, in <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Coffee_(1931_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Coffee (1931 film)">Black Coffee</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Edgware_Dies_(1934_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Edgware Dies (1934 film)">Lord Edgware Dies</a></i>. Trevor said once that he was probably cast as Poirot simply because he could do a French accent.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notably, Trevor's Poirot did not have a moustache. <a href="/wiki/Leslie_S._Hiscott" title="Leslie S. Hiscott">Leslie S. Hiscott</a> directed the first two films, and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Edwards_(actor)" title="Henry Edwards (actor)">Henry Edwards</a> took over for the third. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tony_Randall">Tony Randall</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Tony Randall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Tony_Randall" title="Tony Randall">Tony Randall</a> portrayed Poirot in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Alphabet_Murders" title="The Alphabet Murders">The Alphabet Murders</a></i>, a 1965 film also known as <i>The ABC Murders</i>. This was more a satire of Poirot than a straightforward adaptation and was greatly changed from the original. Much of the story, set in modern times, was played for comedy, with Poirot investigating the murders while evading the attempts by Hastings (<a href="/wiki/Robert_Morley" title="Robert Morley">Robert Morley</a>) and the police to get him out of England and back to Belgium. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Albert_Finney">Albert Finney</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Albert Finney"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albert_Finney_plays_Poirot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Albert_Finney_plays_Poirot.jpg/220px-Albert_Finney_plays_Poirot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Albert_Finney_plays_Poirot.jpg/330px-Albert_Finney_plays_Poirot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Albert_Finney_plays_Poirot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="369" data-file-height="270" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> as Poirot in the 1974 film, <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express_(1974_film)" title="Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Albert_Finney" title="Albert Finney">Albert Finney</a> played Poirot in 1974 in the cinematic version of <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express_(1974_film)" title="Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i>. As of now, Finney is the only actor to receive an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> nomination for playing Poirot, though he did not win. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Peter_Ustinov">Peter Ustinov</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Peter Ustinov"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Frame"><a href="/wiki/File:Ustinov_is_Poirot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Ustinov_is_Poirot.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="198" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="198" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ustinov" title="Peter Ustinov">Peter Ustinov</a> as Poirot in a <a href="/wiki/Evil_Under_the_Sun_(1982_film)" title="Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)">1982 adaptation</a> of the novel <i><a href="/wiki/Evil_Under_the_Sun" title="Evil Under the Sun">Evil Under the Sun</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ustinov" title="Peter Ustinov">Peter Ustinov</a> played Poirot six times, starting with <i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile_(1978_film)" title="Death on the Nile (1978 film)">Death on the Nile</a></i> (1978). He reprised the role in <i><a href="/wiki/Evil_Under_the_Sun_(1982_film)" title="Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)">Evil Under the Sun</a></i> (1982) and <i><a href="/wiki/Appointment_with_Death_(film)" title="Appointment with Death (film)">Appointment with Death</a></i> (1988). </p><p>Christie's daughter <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Hicks" title="Rosalind Hicks">Rosalind Hicks</a> observed Ustinov during a rehearsal and said, "That's not Poirot! He isn't at all like that!" Ustinov overheard and remarked "He is <i>now!</i>"<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He appeared again as Poirot in three <a href="/wiki/Television_film" title="Television film">television films</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_at_Dinner_(film)" title="Thirteen at Dinner (film)">Thirteen at Dinner</a></i> (1985), <i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Folly_(film)" title="Dead Man's Folly (film)">Dead Man's Folly</a></i> (1986), and <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_in_Three_Acts" title="Murder in Three Acts">Murder in Three Acts</a></i> (1986). Earlier adaptations were set during the time in which the novels were written, but these television films were set in the contemporary era. The first of these was based on <i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Edgware_Dies" title="Lord Edgware Dies">Lord Edgware Dies</a></i> and was made by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> It also starred <a href="/wiki/Faye_Dunaway" title="Faye Dunaway">Faye Dunaway</a>, with David Suchet as Inspector Japp, just before Suchet began to play Poirot. David Suchet considers his performance as Japp to be "possibly the worst performance of [his] career".<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kenneth_Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Kenneth Branagh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a> played Poirot in film adaptations of <a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express_(2017_film)" title="Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)"><i>Murder on the Orient Express</i></a> in 2017, <i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile_(2022_film)" title="Death on the Nile (2022 film)">Death on the Nile</a></i> in 2022, and <i><a href="/wiki/A_Haunting_in_Venice" title="A Haunting in Venice">A Haunting in Venice</a></i>, based on the novel <i><a href="/wiki/Hallowe%27en_Party" title="Hallowe'en Party">Hallowe'en Party</a></i>, in 2023. Branagh directed all three and co-produced them alongside <a href="/wiki/Ridley_Scott" title="Ridley Scott">Ridley Scott</a>. They were all written by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Green_(writer)" title="Michael Green (writer)">Michael Green</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other">Other</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Ravikovich" title="Anatoly Ravikovich">Anatoly Ravikovich</a>, <i>Zagadka Endkhauza</i> (<i>End House Mystery</i>) (1989; based on "Peril at End House")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1l_M%C3%A1csai" title="Pál Mácsai">Pál Mácsai</a>, <i>A titokzatos stylesi eset</i> (<i>The Mysterious Affair at Styles) (2023)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="David_Suchet">David Suchet</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: David Suchet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/David_Suchet" title="David Suchet">David Suchet</a> starred as Poirot in the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot" title="Agatha Christie's Poirot">Agatha Christie's Poirot</a></i> from 1989 until June 2013, when he announced that he was bidding farewell to the role. "No one could've guessed then that the series would span a quarter-century or that the classically trained Suchet would complete the entire catalogue of whodunits featuring the eccentric Belgian investigator, including 33 novels and dozens of short stories."<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His final appearance in the show was in an adaptation of <i>Curtain</i>, aired on 13 November 2013. </p><p>The writers of the "Binge!" article of <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> December 2014/January 2015) picked Suchet as "Best Poirot" in the "Hercule Poirot & Miss Marple" timeline.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The episodes were shot in various locations in the UK and abroad (for example "<a href="/wiki/Triangle_at_Rhodes" class="mw-redirect" title="Triangle at Rhodes">Triangle at Rhodes</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Problem_at_Sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Problem at Sea">Problem at Sea</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), whilst other scenes were shot at <a href="/wiki/Twickenham_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Twickenham Studios">Twickenham Studios</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-chimni_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chimni-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_2">Other</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heini_G%C3%B6bel" title="Heini Göbel">Heini Göbel</a>, (1955; an adaptation of <i>Murder on the Orient Express</i> for the West German television series <i>Die Galerie der großen Detektive</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ferrer" title="José Ferrer">José Ferrer</a>, <i>Hercule Poirot</i> (1961; Unaired TV Pilot, MGM; adaptation of "The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Gabel" title="Martin Gabel">Martin Gabel</a>, <i>General Electric Theater</i> (4/1/1962; adaptation of "The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim")</li> <li>Horst Bollmann, <i>Black Coffee</i> 1973</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Holm" title="Ian Holm">Ian Holm</a>, <i>Murder by the Book</i>, 1986</li> <li>Arnolds Liniņš, <i>Slepkavība Stailzā</i> (<i>The Mysterious Affair at Styles</i>), 1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Laurie" title="Hugh Laurie">Hugh Laurie</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Spice_World_(film)" title="Spice World (film)">Spice World</a></i>, 1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Molina" title="Alfred Molina">Alfred Molina</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express_(2001_film)" title="Murder on the Orient Express (2001 film)">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i>, 2001</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Raikin" title="Konstantin Raikin">Konstantin Raikin</a>, <i>Neudacha Puaro</i> (<i>Poirot's Failure</i>) (2002; based on "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_O%27Donnell_(actor)" title="Anthony O'Donnell (actor)">Anthony O'Donnell</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie:_A_Life_in_Pictures" title="Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures">Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures</a></i>, 2004</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shir%C5%8D_It%C5%8D" title="Shirō Itō">Shirō Itō</a> (Takashi Akafuji), <i>Meitantei Akafuji Takashi</i> (<i>The Detective Takashi Akafuji</i>), 2005</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansai_Nomura" title="Mansai Nomura">Mansai Nomura</a> (Takeru Suguro), <i>Orient Kyūkō Satsujin Jiken</i> (<i>Murder on the Orient Express</i>), 2015; <i>Kuroido Goroshi</i> (<i>The Murder of Kuroido</i>), 2018 (based on "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"); <i>Shi to no Yakusoku</i>, 2021 (based on <i>Appointment with Death</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Malkovich" title="John Malkovich">John Malkovich</a> was Poirot in <a href="/wiki/The_ABC_Murders_(TV_series)" title="The ABC Murders (TV series)">the 2018 BBC adaptation</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_A.B.C._Murders" title="The A.B.C. Murders">The ABC Murders</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anime">Anime</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Anime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, the Japanese public broadcaster <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a> produced a 39-episode anime series titled <i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Great_Detectives_Poirot_and_Marple" title="Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple">Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple</a></i>, as well as a <a href="/wiki/Manga" title="Manga">manga</a> series under the same title released in 2005. The series, adapting several of the best-known Poirot and Marple stories, ran from 4 July 2004 through 15 May 2005, and in repeated reruns on <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a> and other networks in Japan. Poirot was voiced by <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dtar%C5%8D_Satomi" title="Kōtarō Satomi">Kōtarō Satomi</a> and Miss Marple was voiced by <a href="/wiki/Kaoru_Yachigusa" title="Kaoru Yachigusa">Kaoru Yachigusa</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Audio">Audio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Audio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="BBC_Radio">BBC Radio</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: BBC Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An adaptation of <i>Murder in the Mews</i> was broadcast on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Light_Programme" title="BBC Light Programme">BBC Light Programme</a> in March 1955 starring <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bebb" title="Richard Bebb">Richard Bebb</a> as Poirot; this program was thought lost, but was discovered in the BBC archives in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1985 to 2007, Radio 4 produced a <a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot_(radio_series)" title="Hercule Poirot (radio series)">series of twenty-seven adaptations</a> of Poirot novels and short stories, adapted by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Bakewell" title="Michael Bakewell">Michael Bakewell</a> and directed by Enyd Williams.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twenty five starred <a href="/wiki/John_Moffatt_(actor)" title="John Moffatt (actor)">John Moffatt</a> as Poirot; <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Denham" title="Maurice Denham">Maurice Denham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sallis" title="Peter Sallis">Peter Sallis</a> played Poirot on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> in the first two adaptations, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_the_Blue_Train" title="The Mystery of the Blue Train">The Mystery of the Blue Train</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot%27s_Christmas" title="Hercule Poirot's Christmas">Hercule Poirot's Christmas</a></i> respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Audible">Audible</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Audible"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Audible_(store)" class="mw-redirect" title="Audible (store)">Audible</a> released an original audio adaptation of <i>Murder on the Orient Express</i> starring <a href="/wiki/Tom_Conti" title="Tom Conti">Tom Conti</a> as Poirot.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cast included <a href="/wiki/Jane_Asher" title="Jane Asher">Jane Asher</a> as Mrs. Hubbard, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Benedict" title="Jay Benedict">Jay Benedict</a> as Monsieur Bouc, <a href="/wiki/Ruta_Gedmintas" title="Ruta Gedmintas">Ruta Gedmintas</a> as Countess Andrenyi, <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Okonedo" title="Sophie Okonedo">Sophie Okonedo</a> as Mary Debenham, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Marsan" title="Eddie Marsan">Eddie Marsan</a> as Ratchett, Walles Hamonde as Hector MacQueen, <a href="/wiki/Paterson_Joseph" title="Paterson Joseph">Paterson Joseph</a> as Colonel Arbuthnot, <a href="/wiki/Rula_Lenska" title="Rula Lenska">Rula Lenska</a> as Princess Dragimiroff and <a href="/wiki/Art_Malik" title="Art Malik">Art Malik</a> as the Narrator. According to the Publisher's Summary on Audible.com, "sound effects [were] recorded on the Orient Express itself." </p><p>Audible is scheduled to release <a href="/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles_(Audible)" title="The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Audible)">a dramatisation</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles_(Audible)" title="The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Audible)">The Mysterious Affair at Styles</a></i> in November 2024. The cast includes <a href="/wiki/Peter_Dinklage" title="Peter Dinklage">Peter Dinklage</a> as Poirot.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Others">Others</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1939, <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Theatre" title="Mercury Theatre">Mercury Players</a> dramatised <i>Roger Ackroyd</i> on CBS's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Campbell_Playhouse_(radio_series)" title="The Campbell Playhouse (radio series)">Campbell Playhouse</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cox,_Jim_2002,_p._18_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cox,_Jim_2002,_p._18-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 October 1942, the <a href="/wiki/Mutual_Broadcasting_System" title="Mutual Broadcasting System">Mutual</a> radio series <i>Murder Clinic</i> broadcast "The Tragedy at Marsden Manor" starring <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Tarplin" title="Maurice Tarplin">Maurice Tarplin</a> as Poirot.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At least two other Poirot stories were adapted for the series, but it is unknown who voiced him. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot_(American_radio_series)" title="Hercule Poirot (American radio series)">1945 radio series</a> of at least 13 original half-hour episodes (none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor <a href="/wiki/Harold_Huber" title="Harold Huber">Harold Huber</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chan" title="Charlie Chan">Charlie Chan</a> films. On 22 February 1945, "speaking from London, <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a> introduced the initial broadcast of the Poirot series via shortwave".<sup id="cite_ref-Cox,_Jim_2002,_p._18_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cox,_Jim_2002,_p._18-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, <a href="/wiki/L.A._Theatre_Works" title="L.A. Theatre Works">L.A. Theatre Works</a> produced an adaptation of <i>The Murder on the Links</i>, dramatised by <a href="/wiki/Kate_McAll" title="Kate McAll">Kate McAll</a>. <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Molina" title="Alfred Molina">Alfred Molina</a> starred as Poirot, with <a href="/wiki/Simon_Helberg" title="Simon Helberg">Simon Helberg</a> as Hastings.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hercule_Poirot&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the video games <i>Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The First Cases</i> and <i>Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case</i>, Poirot is voiced by Will De Renzy-Martin.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Again, Poirot is not reliable as a narrator of his personal history and there is no evidence that Christie sketched it out in any depth. During his police career, Poirot shot a man who was firing from a roof into the public below.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1975Postscript_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1975Postscript-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Edgware_Dies" title="Lord Edgware Dies">Lord Edgware Dies</a></i>, Poirot reveals that he learned to read writing upside down during his police career.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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The Campaign Against American Neutrality, 1914–1917</i></a>. Kennikat. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780804603652" title="Special:BookSources/9780804603652"><bdi>9780804603652</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Propaganda+for+War.+The+Campaign+Against+American+Neutrality%2C+1914%E2%80%931917&rft.pub=Kennikat&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=9780804603652&rft.aulast=Peterson&rft.aufirst=Horace+Cornelius&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DPkJbnQEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100412131601/http://uk.agathachristie.com/story-explorer/characters/poirot/">"Poirot"</a>. Official Agatha Christie website. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uk.agathachristie.com/story-explorer/characters/poirot/">the original</a> on 12 April 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Poirot&rft.pub=Official+Agatha+Christie+website&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.agathachristie.com%2Fstory-explorer%2Fcharacters%2Fpoirot%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLask1975" class="citation news cs1">Lask, Thomas (6 August 1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E10F63A5E157493C4A91783D85F418785F9">"Hercule Poirot is Dead; Famed Belgian Detective; Hercule Poirot, the Detective, Dies"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Hercule+Poirot+is+Dead%3B+Famed+Belgian+Detective%3B+Hercule+Poirot%2C+the+Detective%2C+Dies&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1975-08-06&rft.aulast=Lask&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fselect.nytimes.com%2Fgst%2Fabstract.html%3Fres%3DFB0E10F63A5E157493C4A91783D85F418785F9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWillis2001" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Willis, Chris (16 July 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5054">"Agatha Christie (1890–1976)"</a>. <i>The Literary Encyclopedia</i>. The Literary Dictionary Company. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1747-678X">1747-678X</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Agatha+Christie+%281890%E2%80%931976%29&rft.btitle=The+Literary+Encyclopedia&rft.pub=The+Literary+Dictionary+Company&rft.date=2001-07-16&rft.issn=1747-678X&rft.aulast=Willis&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.litencyc.com%2Fphp%2Fspeople.php%3Frec%3Dtrue%26UID%3D5054&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2011-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2011_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2011">Christie 2011</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">E.g. "For about ten minutes [Poirot] sat in dead silence... and all the time his eyes grew steadily greener" <a href="#CITEREFChristie1939">Christie 1939</a>, Chapter 5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">as Hastings discovers in <a href="#CITEREFChristie1991">Christie 1991</a>, Chapter 1</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">E.g. "Hercule Poirot looked down at the tips of his patent-leather shoes and sighed." <a href="#CITEREFChristie1947a">Christie 1947a</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">E.g. "And now here was the man himself. Really a most impossible person – the wrong clothes – button boots! an incredible moustache! Not his – Meredith Blake's kind of fellow at all." <a href="#CITEREFChristie2011">Christie 2011</a>, Chapter 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2010Chapter_1-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2010Chapter_1_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2010Chapter_1_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2010">Christie 2010</a>, Chapter 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"My stomach, it is not happy on the sea"<a href="#CITEREFChristie1980">Christie 1980</a>, Chapter 8, iv</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"he walked up the steps to the front door and pressed the bell, glancing as he did so at the neat wrist-watch which had at last replaced an old favourite – the large turnip-faced watch of early days. Yes, it was exactly nine-thirty. As ever, Hercule Poirot was exact to the minute." <a href="#CITEREFChristie2011b">Christie 2011b</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2013a-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2013a_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2013a">Christie 2013a</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarton2009" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Laura_Barton" title="Laura Barton">Barton, Laura</a> (18 May 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/may/19/david-suchet-poirot-agatha-christie">"Poirot and me"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>. London. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077">0261-3077</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 May</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Poirot+and+me&rft.date=2009-05-18&rft.issn=0261-3077&rft.aulast=Barton&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fculture%2F2009%2Fmay%2F19%2Fdavid-suchet-poirot-agatha-christie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/2017/11/10/563378736/kenneth-branagh-on-his-meticulous-master-detective-role-in-murder-on-the-orient-">"Kenneth Branagh on His Meticulous Master Detective Role In 'Murder on the Orient Express'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. NPR<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 November</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Kenneth+Branagh+on+His+Meticulous+Master+Detective+Role+In+%27Murder+on+the+Orient+Express%27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2017%2F11%2F10%2F563378736%2Fkenneth-branagh-on-his-meticulous-master-detective-role-in-murder-on-the-orient-&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004b-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004b_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004b_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2004b">Christie 2004b</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"It has been said of Hercule Poirot by some of his friends and associates, at moments when he has maddened them most, that he prefers lies to truth and will go out of his way to gain his ends by elaborate false statements, rather than trust to the simple truth." <a href="#CITEREFChristie2011a">Christie 2011a</a>, Book One, Chapter 9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">E.g. "After a careful study of the goods displayed in the window, Poirot entered and represented himself as desirous of purchasing a rucksack for a hypothetical nephew." <i>Hickory Dickory Dock</i>, Chapter 13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1947-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1947_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie1947">Christie 1947</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2006bfinal_chapter-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2006bfinal_chapter_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2006b">Christie 2006b</a>, final chapter.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSaner2011" class="citation web cs1">Saner, Emine (28 July 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/jul/28/agatha-christie-poirot-box-set">"Your next box set: Agatha Christie's Poirot"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Your+next+box+set%3A+Agatha+Christie%27s+Poirot&rft.date=2011-07-28&rft.aulast=Saner&rft.aufirst=Emine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftv-and-radio%2F2011%2Fjul%2F28%2Fagatha-christie-poirot-box-set&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPettie2013" class="citation web cs1">Pettie, Andrew (6 November 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10431162/Poirot-The-Labours-of-Hercules-ITV-review.html">"Poirot: The Labours of Hercules, ITV, review"</a>. <i>The Telegraph</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Poirot%3A+The+Labours+of+Hercules%2C+ITV%2C+review&rft.date=2013-11-06&rft.aulast=Pettie&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Ftvandradio%2F10431162%2FPoirot-The-Labours-of-Hercules-ITV-review.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2005Chapter_18-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2005Chapter_18_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2005">Christie 2005</a>, Chapter 18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2017" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (4 May 2017). <i>An Autobiography</i>. 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Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Masaryk+University+Information+System&rft.atitle=Agatha+Christie+and+her+Great+Detective+%28based+on+Poirot+Investigates+and+Hercule+Poirot%27s+Christmas%2C+reflecting+1920s+and+1930s%29&rft.date=2008-11-10&rft.aulast=Havl%C3%AD%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1&rft.aufirst=Andrea&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fis.muni.cz%2Fth%2F74475%2Fff_b%2F%3Flang%3Den%3Bzoomy_is%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_16-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_16_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2004b">Christie 2004b</a>, Chapter 16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_17-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_17_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2004b">Christie 2004b</a>, Chapter 17.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://magazine.bellesdemeures.com/en/luxury/lifestyle/province-hainaut-village-ellezelles-adopts-detective-hercule-poirot-article-27759.html">"In the province of Hainaut, the village of Ellezelles adopts detective Hercule Poirot"</a>. <i>Belles Demeures</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 December</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Belles+Demeures&rft.atitle=In+the+province+of+Hainaut%2C+the+village+of+Ellezelles+adopts+detective+Hercule+Poirot&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmagazine.bellesdemeures.com%2Fen%2Fluxury%2Flifestyle%2Fprovince-hainaut-village-ellezelles-adopts-detective-hercule-poirot-article-27759.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">,!-- "Hercule Poirot was a Catholic by birth."--> <a href="#CITEREFChristie1947a">Christie 1947a</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie1948">Christie 1948</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2011">Christie 2011</a>, Chapter 12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a href="#CITEREFChristie1947c">Christie 1947c</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2009bChapter_15-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2009bChapter_15_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2009b">Christie 2009b</a>, Chapter 15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2009b">Christie 2009b</a>, Chapter 15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1975Postscript-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1975Postscript_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie1975">Christie 1975</a>, Postscript.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1939Chapter_7-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1939Chapter_7_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie1939">Christie 1939</a>, Chapter 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2013b-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2013b_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2013b">Christie 2013b</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2012">Christie 2012</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Poirot, in <a href="#CITEREFChristie2012">Christie 2012</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cassatis, John (1979). <i>The Diaries of A. Christie</i>. London.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The Capture of Cerebus" (1947). The first sentence quoted is also a close paraphrase of something said to Poirot by Hastings in Chapter 18 of <i>The Big Four</i><a href="#CITEREFChristie2004b">Christie 2004b</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2006a">Christie 2006a</a> Dr. Burton in the Preface</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2004a">Christie 2004a</a>, Chapter 13 in response to the suggestion that he might take up gardening in his retirement, Poirot answers "Once the vegetable marrows, yes – but never again".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_18-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_18_53-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2004b">Christie 2004b</a>, Chapter 18.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1952Chapter_4-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1952Chapter_4_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie1952">Christie 1952</a>, Chapter 4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_1-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2004bChapter_1_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2004b">Christie 2004b</a>, Chapter 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2011cChapter_1-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2011cChapter_1_56-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2011cChapter_1_56-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2011c">Christie 2011c</a>, Chapter 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2006aChapter_14-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2006aChapter_14_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2006a">Christie 2006a</a>, Chapter 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie1961-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie1961_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie1961">Christie 1961</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChristie2011c-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChristie2011c_59-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChristie2011c">Christie 2011c</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Curtain", 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMatthew2000" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Matthew, Bunson (2000). 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Penguin. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61298-214-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61298-214-4"><bdi>978-1-61298-214-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mysterious+Affair+at+Styles&rft.pub=Penguin&rft.date=1939&rft.isbn=978-1-61298-214-4&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGFu5EVQWkHoC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie1947" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1947). "Prologue". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0BNTywAACAAJ"><i>The Labours of Hercules</i></a>. Collins.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Prologue&rft.btitle=The+Labours+of+Hercules&rft.pub=Collins&rft.date=1947&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0BNTywAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie1947a" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1947a). "The Apples of the Hesperides". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0_fGXwAACAAJ"><i>The Labours of Hercules</i></a>. Collins.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Apples+of+the+Hesperides&rft.btitle=The+Labours+of+Hercules&rft.pub=Collins&rft.date=1947&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0_fGXwAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie1947b" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1947b). "The Stymphalean Birds". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0BNTywAACAAJ"><i>The Labours of Hercules</i></a>. Collins.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Stymphalean+Birds&rft.btitle=The+Labours+of+Hercules&rft.pub=Collins&rft.date=1947&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0BNTywAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie1947c" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1947c) [February 1940]. "The Erymanthian Boar". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=P-0PywAACAAJ"><i>The Labours of Hercules</i></a>. Collins.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Erymanthian+Boar&rft.btitle=The+Labours+of+Hercules&rft.pub=Collins&rft.date=1947&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DP-0PywAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie1948" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1948). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GrCcOwAACAAJ"><i>Taken at the Flood</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Taken+at+the+Flood&rft.date=1948&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGrCcOwAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie1952" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1952). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SkpwPQAACAAJ"><i>Mrs. McGinty's Dead</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mrs.+McGinty%27s+Dead&rft.date=1952&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSkpwPQAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie1961" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1961). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aTPGOQAACAAJ"><i>The Pale Horse</i></a>. Collins.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Pale+Horse&rft.pub=Collins&rft.date=1961&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DaTPGOQAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie1975" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dpzN2pDv-N0C"><i>Curtain: Poirot's Last Case</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-712112-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-712112-0"><bdi>978-0-00-712112-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Curtain%3A+Poirot%27s+Last+Case&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=978-0-00-712112-0&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdpzN2pDv-N0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie1980" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1980). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3ParPQAACAAJ"><i>Evil Under the Sun: Death Comes as the End; The Sittaford Mystery</i></a>. Lansdowne Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7018-1458-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7018-1458-8"><bdi>978-0-7018-1458-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Evil+Under+the+Sun%3A+Death+Comes+as+the+End%3B+The+Sittaford+Mystery&rft.pub=Lansdowne+Press&rft.date=1980&rft.isbn=978-0-7018-1458-8&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3ParPQAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie1991" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2xJhQgAACAAJ"><i>The A.B.C. murders: [a Hercule Poirot mystery]</i></a>. Berkley Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-425-13024-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-425-13024-7"><bdi>978-0-425-13024-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+A.B.C.+murders%3A+%26%2391%3Ba+Hercule+Poirot+mystery%26%2393%3B&rft.pub=Berkley+Publishing+Group&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-425-13024-7&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2xJhQgAACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2004a" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (28 September 2004a) [1963]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1F4GAl314HQC"><i>The Clocks</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-174050-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-174050-3"><bdi>978-0-06-174050-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Clocks&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2004-09-28&rft.isbn=978-0-06-174050-3&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1F4GAl314HQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2004b" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (6 January 2004b). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MQRAVaVQGYIC"><i>The Big Four</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-173909-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-173909-5"><bdi>978-0-06-173909-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Big+Four&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2004-01-06&rft.isbn=978-0-06-173909-5&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMQRAVaVQGYIC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2005" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (25 January 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6Hw1_-iGGksC"><i>After the Funeral: Hercule Poirot Investigates</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-173991-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-173991-0"><bdi>978-0-06-173991-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=After+the+Funeral%3A+Hercule+Poirot+Investigates&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2005-01-25&rft.isbn=978-0-06-173991-0&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6Hw1_-iGGksC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2006a" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (3 October 2006a) [1947]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=c3X6K58mm2UC"><i>The Labours of Hercules: Hercule Poirot Investigates</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-174638-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-174638-3"><bdi>978-0-06-174638-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Labours+of+Hercules%3A+Hercule+Poirot+Investigates&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2006-10-03&rft.isbn=978-0-06-174638-3&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dc3X6K58mm2UC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2006b" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (3 October 2006b). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CvsCA2ZNTHEC"><i>Three Act Tragedy</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-175403-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-175403-6"><bdi>978-0-06-175403-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Three+Act+Tragedy&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2006-10-03&rft.isbn=978-0-06-175403-6&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DCvsCA2ZNTHEC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2009" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (17 March 2009) [1926]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jLUPkkcWpjQC"><i>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-176340-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-176340-3"><bdi>978-0-06-176340-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Murder+of+Roger+Ackroyd&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2009-03-17&rft.isbn=978-0-06-176340-3&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjLUPkkcWpjQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2009b" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (17 March 2009b) [1932]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OJqxNpp1qB8C"><i>Peril at End House</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-174927-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-174927-8"><bdi>978-0-06-174927-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Peril+at+End+House&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2009-03-17&rft.isbn=978-0-06-174927-8&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOJqxNpp1qB8C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2010" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (10 February 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=50HvHBYcvTEC"><i>Death in the Clouds</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-174311-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-174311-5"><bdi>978-0-06-174311-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Death+in+the+Clouds&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2010-02-10&rft.isbn=978-0-06-174311-5&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D50HvHBYcvTEC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2011a" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1 February 2011a). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/fivelittlepigs0000chri"><i>Five Little Pigs: A Hercule Poirot Mystery</i></a></span>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-207357-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-207357-0"><bdi>978-0-06-207357-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Five+Little+Pigs%3A+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2011-02-01&rft.isbn=978-0-06-207357-0&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ffivelittlepigs0000chri&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2011" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (29 March 2011). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780062073501"><i>Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery</i></a></span>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-207350-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-207350-1"><bdi>978-0-06-207350-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Murder+on+the+Orient+Express%3A+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2011-03-29&rft.isbn=978-0-06-207350-1&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisbn_9780062073501&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2011b" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (1 September 2011b). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=37KgywOXgCQC"><i>The Dream: A Hercule Poirot Short Story</i></a>. HarperCollins Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-745198-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-745198-2"><bdi>978-0-00-745198-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Dream%3A+A+Hercule+Poirot+Short+Story&rft.pub=HarperCollins+Publishers&rft.date=2011-09-01&rft.isbn=978-0-00-745198-2&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D37KgywOXgCQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2011c" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (14 June 2011c) [1966]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XRu3nf6TRWEC"><i>Third Girl: A Hercule Poirot Mystery</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-207376-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-207376-1"><bdi>978-0-06-207376-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Third+Girl%3A+A+Hercule+Poirot+Mystery&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2011-06-14&rft.isbn=978-0-06-207376-1&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXRu3nf6TRWEC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2012" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (12 April 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MWMFWy_KrH0C"><i>The Kidnapped Prime Minister: A Hercule Poirot Short Story</i></a> (ebook ed.). HarperCollins Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-748658-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-748658-8"><bdi>978-0-00-748658-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Kidnapped+Prime+Minister%3A+A+Hercule+Poirot+Short+Story&rft.edition=ebook&rft.pub=HarperCollins+Publishers&rft.date=2012-04-12&rft.isbn=978-0-00-748658-8&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMWMFWy_KrH0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2013" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (2013) [1999]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NdydxJIUrD4C"><i>Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories: A Hercule Poirot Collection with Foreword by Charles Todd</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-225165-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-225165-7"><bdi>978-0-06-225165-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hercule+Poirot%3A+The+Complete+Short+Stories%3A+A+Hercule+Poirot+Collection+with+Foreword+by+Charles+Todd&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-06-225165-7&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNdydxJIUrD4C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2013a" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (9 July 2013a). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SelokMldIX0C"><i>The Lost Mine: A Hercule Poirot Story</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-229818-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-229818-8"><bdi>978-0-06-229818-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Lost+Mine%3A+A+Hercule+Poirot+Story&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2013-07-09&rft.isbn=978-0-06-229818-8&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSelokMldIX0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChristie2013b" class="citation book cs1">Christie, Agatha (23 July 2013b). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=l6qCPA-gdW0C"><i>Double Sin: A Hercule Poirot Story</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-229845-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-229845-4"><bdi>978-0-06-229845-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Double+Sin%3A+A+Hercule+Poirot+Story&rft.pub=HarperCollins&rft.date=2013-07-23&rft.isbn=978-0-06-229845-4&rft.aulast=Christie&rft.aufirst=Agatha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dl6qCPA-gdW0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarnard1980" class="citation cs2">Barnard, Robert (1980), <i>A Talent to Deceive</i>, London: Fontana/Collins</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Talent+to+Deceive&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Fontana%2FCollins&rft.date=1980&rft.aulast=Barnard&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Goddard, John (2018), <i>Agatha Christie’s Golden Age: An Analysis of Poirot’s Golden Age Puzzles</i>, Stylish Eye Press, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-999-61200-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-999-61200-9">978-1-999-61200-9</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHart2004" class="citation cs2">Hart, Anne (2004), <i>Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Life and Times of Hercule Poirot</i>, London: Harper and Collins</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Agatha+Christie%27s+Poirot%3A+The+Life+and+Times+of+Hercule+Poirot&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Harper+and+Collins&rft.date=2004&rft.aulast=Hart&rft.aufirst=Anne&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKretzschmarStoppeVollberg2016" class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Kretzschmar, Judith; Stoppe, Sebastian; Vollberg, Susanne, eds. (2016), <i>Hercule Poirot trifft Miss Marple. Agatha Christie intermedial</i> [<i>Hercule Poirot meets Miss Marple</i>] (in German), Darmstadt: Büchner, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-941310-48-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-941310-48-3"><bdi>978-3-941310-48-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hercule+Poirot+trifft+Miss+Marple.+Agatha+Christie+intermedial&rft.place=Darmstadt&rft.pub=B%C3%BCchner&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-3-941310-48-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOsborne1982" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Osborne_(music_writer)" title="Charles Osborne (music writer)">Osborne, Charles</a> (1982), <i>The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie</i>, London: Collins</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Life+and+Crimes+of+Agatha+Christie&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Collins&rft.date=1982&rft.aulast=Osborne&rft.aufirst=Charles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHercule+Poirot" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVermandere2016" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Vermandere, Martine (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openjournals.ugent.be/broodenrozen/article/id/64078/">"Case closed? De speurtocht naar de inspiratie voor Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot"</a> [Case closed? The search for the inspiration for Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot]. <i>Brood & Rozen</i> (in Dutch). <b>21</b> (1). <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.21825%2Fbr.v21i1.9945">10.21825/br.v21i1.9945</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/1854%2FLU-8041744">1854/LU-8041744</a></span>.</cite><span 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles" title="The Mysterious Affair at Styles">The Mysterious Affair at Styles</a></i> (1920)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Murder_on_the_Links" title="The Murder on the Links">The Murder on the Links</a></i> (1923)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd" title="The Murder of Roger Ackroyd">The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</a></i> (1926)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Four_(novel)" title="The Big Four (novel)">The Big Four</a></i> (1927)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_the_Blue_Train" title="The Mystery of the Blue Train">The Mystery of the Blue Train</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peril_at_End_House" title="Peril at End House">Peril at End House</a></i> (1932)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Edgware_Dies" title="Lord Edgware Dies">Lord Edgware Dies</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express" title="Murder on the Orient Express">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Act_Tragedy" title="Three Act Tragedy">Three Act Tragedy</a></i> (1934)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_in_the_Clouds" title="Death in the Clouds">Death in the Clouds</a></i> (1935)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_A.B.C._Murders" title="The A.B.C. Murders">The A.B.C. Murders</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_in_Mesopotamia" title="Murder in Mesopotamia">Murder in Mesopotamia</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cards_on_the_Table" title="Cards on the Table">Cards on the Table</a></i> (1936)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dumb_Witness" title="Dumb Witness">Dumb Witness</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile" title="Death on the Nile">Death on the Nile</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Appointment_with_Death" title="Appointment with Death">Appointment with Death</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot%27s_Christmas" title="Hercule Poirot's Christmas">Hercule Poirot's Christmas</a></i> (1938)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sad_Cypress" title="Sad Cypress">Sad Cypress</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One,_Two,_Buckle_My_Shoe_(novel)" title="One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (novel)">One, Two, Buckle My Shoe</a></i> (1940)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evil_Under_the_Sun" title="Evil Under the Sun">Evil Under the Sun</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Five_Little_Pigs" title="Five Little Pigs">Five Little Pigs</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollow" title="The Hollow">The Hollow</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taken_at_the_Flood" title="Taken at the Flood">Taken at the Flood</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mrs_McGinty%27s_Dead" title="Mrs McGinty's Dead">Mrs McGinty's Dead</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/After_the_Funeral" title="After the Funeral">After the Funeral</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hickory_Dickory_Dock_(novel)" title="Hickory Dickory Dock (novel)">Hickory Dickory Dock</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Folly" title="Dead Man's Folly">Dead Man's Folly</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cat_Among_the_Pigeons" title="Cat Among the Pigeons">Cat Among the Pigeons</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Clocks" title="The Clocks">The Clocks</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Third_Girl" title="Third Girl">Third Girl</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hallowe%27en_Party" title="Hallowe'en Party">Hallowe'en Party</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elephants_Can_Remember" title="Elephants Can Remember">Elephants Can Remember</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Curtain:_Poirot%27s_Last_Case" title="Curtain: Poirot's Last Case">Curtain</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short stories</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Poirot_Investigates" title="Poirot Investigates">Poirot Investigates</a></i> (1924)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_in_the_Mews" title="Murder in the Mews">Murder in the Mews</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Regatta_Mystery" title="The Regatta Mystery">The Regatta Mystery</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Labours_of_Hercules" title="The Labours of Hercules">The Labours of Hercules</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Witness_for_the_Prosecution_and_Other_Stories" title="The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories">The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Blind_Mice_and_Other_Stories" title="Three Blind Mice and Other Stories">Three Blind Mice and Other Stories</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Under_Dog_and_Other_Stories" title="The Under Dog and Other Stories">The Under Dog and Other Stories</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Christmas_Pudding" title="The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding">The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Sin_and_Other_Stories" title="Double Sin and Other Stories">Double Sin and Other Stories</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poirot%27s_Early_Cases" title="Poirot's Early Cases">Poirot's Early Cases</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Problem_at_Pollensa_Bay_and_Other_Stories" title="Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories">Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Harlequin_Tea_Set" title="The Harlequin Tea Set">The Harlequin Tea Set</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/While_the_Light_Lasts_and_Other_Stories" title="While the Light Lasts and Other Stories">While the Light Lasts and Other Stories</a></i> (1997)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Continuations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Monogram_Murders" title="The Monogram Murders">The Monogram Murders</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Closed_Casket_(novel)" title="Closed Casket (novel)">Closed Casket</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Three_Quarters" title="The Mystery of Three Quarters">The Mystery of Three Quarters</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Killings_at_Kingfisher_Hill" title="The Killings at Kingfisher Hill">The Killings at Kingfisher Hill</a></i> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Austin Trevor</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Alibi_(1931_film)" title="Alibi (1931 film)">Alibi</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Coffee_(1931_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Coffee (1931 film)">Black Coffee</a></i> (1931)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Edgware_Dies_(film)" title="Lord Edgware Dies (film)">Lord Edgware Dies</a></i> (1934)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Peter Ustinov</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile_(1978_film)" title="Death on the Nile (1978 film)">Death on the Nile</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evil_Under_the_Sun_(1982_film)" title="Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)">Evil Under the Sun</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_at_Dinner_(film)" title="Thirteen at Dinner (film)">Thirteen at Dinner</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Folly_(film)" title="Dead Man's Folly (film)">Dead Man's Folly</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_in_Three_Acts" title="Murder in Three Acts">Murder in Three Acts</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Appointment_with_Death_(film)" title="Appointment with Death (film)">Appointment with Death</a></i> (1988)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Kenneth Branagh</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express_(2017_film)" title="Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile_(2022_film)" title="Death on the Nile (2022 film)">Death on the Nile</a></i> (2022)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Haunting_in_Venice" title="A Haunting in Venice">A Haunting in Venice</a></i> (2023) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A_Haunting_in_Venice_(soundtrack)" title="A Haunting in Venice (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alphabet_Murders" title="The Alphabet Murders">The Alphabet Murders</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express_(1974_film)" title="Murder on the Orient Express (1974 film)">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i> (1974)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wasp%27s_Nest" title="Wasp's Nest">Wasp's Nest</a></i> (1937)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot" title="Agatha Christie's Poirot">Poirot</a></i> (1989–2013) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Agatha_Christie%27s_Poirot_episodes" title="List of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express_(2001_film)" title="Murder on the Orient Express (2001 film)">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_Great_Detectives_Poirot_and_Marple" title="Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple">Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple</a></i> (2004–2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_ABC_Murders_(TV_series)" title="The ABC Murders (TV series)">The ABC Murders</a></i> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Alibi_(play)" title="Alibi (play)">Alibi</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Coffee_(play)" title="Black Coffee (play)">Black Coffee</a></i> (1930)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peril_at_End_House_(play)" title="Peril at End House (play)">Peril at End House</a></i> (1940)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie:_And_Then_There_Were_None" title="Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None">Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie:_Murder_on_the_Orient_Express" title="Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express">Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie:_Evil_Under_the_Sun" title="Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun">Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peril_at_End_House#Computer_game" title="Peril at End House">Agatha Christie: Peril at End House</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile#Video_game" title="Death on the Nile">Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Folly#Computer_game" title="Dead Man's Folly">Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie:_The_ABC_Murders_(2009_video_game)" title="Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (2009 video game)">Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/4.50_from_Paddington#2010_Computer_game" title="4.50 from Paddington">Agatha Christie: 4.50 from Paddington</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie:_The_ABC_Murders_(2016_video_game)" title="Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (2016 video game)">Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poirot%27s_Early_Cases" title="Poirot's Early Cases">Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The First Cases</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poirot%27s_Early_Cases" title="Poirot's Early Cases">Agatha Christie: Hercule Poirot - The London Case</a></i> (2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express#Games" title="Murder on the Orient Express">Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express</a></i> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Yellow_Iris_(radio_drama)" title="The Yellow Iris (radio drama)">The Yellow Iris</a></i> (1937, radio)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orient_Express_(board_game)" title="Orient Express (board game)">Orient Express</a></i> (1985, board game)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot_(radio_series)" title="Hercule Poirot (radio series)">Hercule Poirot</a></i> (1985–2007, radio)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie%27s_fictional_universe" title="Agatha Christie's fictional universe">Agatha Christie's fictional universe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Marple" title="Miss Marple">Miss Marple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Hercule_Poirot" title="Category:Hercule Poirot">Category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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href="/wiki/Superintendent_Battle" title="Superintendent Battle">Superintendent Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_and_Tuppence" title="Tommy and Tuppence">Tommy and Tuppence Beresford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundle_Brent" title="Bundle Brent">Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Clithering" title="Sir Henry Clithering">Sir Henry Clithering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hastings" title="Arthur Hastings">Captain Arthur Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Japp" title="Inspector Japp">Chief Inspector James Japp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Marple" title="Miss Marple">Miss Jane Marple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariadne_Oliver" title="Ariadne Oliver">Ariadne Oliver</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hercule Poirot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_Pyne" class="mw-redirect" title="Parker Pyne">Parker Pyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Harley_Quin" class="mw-redirect" title="Mr. Harley Quin">Mr. Harley Quin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_West_(character)" title="Raymond West (character)">Raymond West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary_Mead" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Mary Mead">St. Mary Mead</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Novels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mysterious_Affair_at_Styles" title="The Mysterious Affair at Styles">The Mysterious Affair at Styles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Adversary" title="The Secret Adversary">The Secret Adversary</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Murder_on_the_Links" title="The Murder on the Links">The Murder on the Links</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Brown_Suit" title="The Man in the Brown Suit">The Man in the Brown Suit</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_of_Chimneys" title="The Secret of Chimneys">The Secret of Chimneys</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Murder_of_Roger_Ackroyd" title="The Murder of Roger Ackroyd">The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Four_(novel)" title="The Big Four (novel)">The Big Four</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_the_Blue_Train" title="The Mystery of the Blue Train">The Mystery of the Blue Train</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seven_Dials_Mystery" title="The Seven Dials Mystery">The Seven Dials Mystery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Murder_at_the_Vicarage" title="The Murder at the Vicarage">The Murder at the Vicarage</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sittaford_Mystery" title="The Sittaford Mystery">The Sittaford Mystery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peril_at_End_House" title="Peril at End House">Peril at End House</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lord_Edgware_Dies" title="Lord Edgware Dies">Lord Edgware Dies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express" title="Murder on the Orient Express">Murder on the Orient Express</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Why_Didn%27t_They_Ask_Evans%3F" title="Why Didn't They Ask Evans?">Why Didn't They Ask Evans?</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Act_Tragedy" title="Three Act Tragedy">Three Act Tragedy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_in_the_Clouds" title="Death in the Clouds">Death in the Clouds</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_A.B.C._Murders" title="The A.B.C. Murders">The A.B.C. Murders</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_in_Mesopotamia" title="Murder in Mesopotamia">Murder in Mesopotamia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cards_on_the_Table" title="Cards on the Table">Cards on the Table</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dumb_Witness" title="Dumb Witness">Dumb Witness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_on_the_Nile" title="Death on the Nile">Death on the Nile</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Appointment_with_Death" title="Appointment with Death">Appointment with Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot%27s_Christmas" title="Hercule Poirot's Christmas">Hercule Poirot's Christmas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Is_Easy" title="Murder Is Easy">Murder Is Easy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None" title="And Then There Were None">And Then There Were None</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sad_Cypress" title="Sad Cypress">Sad Cypress</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One,_Two,_Buckle_My_Shoe_(novel)" title="One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (novel)">One, Two, Buckle My Shoe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evil_Under_the_Sun" title="Evil Under the Sun">Evil Under the Sun</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/N_or_M%3F" title="N or M?">N or M?</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Body_in_the_Library" title="The Body in the Library">The Body in the Library</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Five_Little_Pigs" title="Five Little Pigs">Five Little Pigs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Moving_Finger" title="The Moving Finger">The Moving Finger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Towards_Zero" title="Towards Zero">Towards Zero</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Death_Comes_as_the_End" title="Death Comes as the End">Death Comes as the End</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sparkling_Cyanide" title="Sparkling Cyanide">Sparkling Cyanide</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollow" title="The Hollow">The Hollow</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taken_at_the_Flood" title="Taken at the Flood">Taken at the Flood</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crooked_House" title="Crooked House">Crooked House</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Murder_Is_Announced" title="A Murder Is Announced">A Murder Is Announced</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They_Came_to_Baghdad" title="They Came to Baghdad">They Came to Baghdad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mrs_McGinty%27s_Dead" title="Mrs McGinty's Dead">Mrs McGinty's Dead</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They_Do_It_with_Mirrors" title="They Do It with Mirrors">They Do It with Mirrors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/After_the_Funeral" title="After the Funeral">After the Funeral</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Pocket_Full_of_Rye" title="A Pocket Full of Rye">A Pocket Full of Rye</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Destination_Unknown_(novel)" title="Destination Unknown (novel)">Destination Unknown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hickory_Dickory_Dock_(novel)" title="Hickory Dickory Dock (novel)">Hickory Dickory Dock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Folly" title="Dead Man's Folly">Dead Man's Folly</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/4.50_from_Paddington" title="4.50 from Paddington">4.50 from Paddington</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ordeal_by_Innocence" title="Ordeal by Innocence">Ordeal by Innocence</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cat_Among_the_Pigeons" title="Cat Among the Pigeons">Cat Among the Pigeons</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pale_Horse" title="The Pale Horse">The Pale Horse</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mirror_Crack%27d_from_Side_to_Side" title="The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side">The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Clocks" title="The Clocks">The Clocks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Caribbean_Mystery" title="A Caribbean Mystery">A Caribbean Mystery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/At_Bertram%27s_Hotel" title="At Bertram's Hotel">At Bertram's Hotel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Third_Girl" title="Third Girl">Third Girl</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Endless_Night_(novel)" title="Endless Night (novel)">Endless Night</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/By_the_Pricking_of_My_Thumbs" title="By the Pricking of My Thumbs">By the Pricking of My Thumbs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hallowe%27en_Party" title="Hallowe'en Party">Hallowe'en Party</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passenger_to_Frankfurt" title="Passenger to Frankfurt">Passenger to Frankfurt</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nemesis_(Christie_novel)" title="Nemesis (Christie novel)">Nemesis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elephants_Can_Remember" title="Elephants Can Remember">Elephants Can Remember</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Postern_of_Fate" title="Postern of Fate">Postern of Fate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Curtain_(novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtain (novel)">Curtain</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sleeping_Murder" title="Sleeping Murder">Sleeping Murder</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As Mary <br /> Westmacott</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Giant%27s_Bread" title="Giant's Bread">Giant's Bread</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unfinished_Portrait_(novel)" title="Unfinished Portrait (novel)">Unfinished Portrait</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Absent_in_the_Spring" title="Absent in the Spring">Absent in the Spring</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rose_and_the_Yew_Tree" title="The Rose and the Yew Tree">The Rose and the Yew Tree</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Daughter%27s_a_Daughter" title="A Daughter's a Daughter">A Daughter's a Daughter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Burden" title="The Burden">The Burden</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Short story <br /> collections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Poirot_Investigates" title="Poirot Investigates">Poirot Investigates</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Partners_in_Crime_(short_story_collection)" title="Partners in Crime (short story collection)">Partners in Crime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mysterious_Mr_Quin" title="The Mysterious Mr Quin">The Mysterious Mr Quin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thirteen_Problems" title="The Thirteen Problems">The Thirteen Problems</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hound_of_Death" title="The Hound of Death">The Hound of Death</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Listerdale_Mystery" title="The Listerdale Mystery">The Listerdale Mystery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Parker_Pyne_Investigates" title="Parker Pyne Investigates">Parker Pyne Investigates</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_in_the_Mews" title="Murder in the 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