Hercule Poirot #26
The Hollow
384 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1946
This edition
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384 pages, Paperback
- Published
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January 1, 2002 by HarperCollins
- ISBN
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9780007121021
- ASIN
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0007121024
- Language
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English
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Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot is one of Agatha Christies most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era. Poirots name was derived from two other fictional detectives ...
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Lady Lucy Angkatell
The wife of Sir Henry. A socialite, she enjoys having guests at the estate....
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Sir Henry Angkatell
He and Lucy Angketell are the owners of Ainswick, their estate in the country. They host the events at which murder occurs....
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Dr John Christow
A doctor in Harley Street. He is researching Ridgeways Disease. Attractive to women. He has a young family. more...
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Gerda Christow
The wife of John Christow. She idolizes him. She would agree with others saying shes not the most beautiful nor the brightest. John and Gerdas children are Terence and Zena.more...
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Henrietta Savernake
She is a sculptor. Has done one of Gerda titled "The Worshipper." In love with John Christow.more...
About the author
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
