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Hercule Poirot #6
The Mystery of the Blue Train
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After a night train to the Mediterranean stops, a mysterious woman is found dead and a cursed jewel is missing, leaving Hercule Poirot with a mystery to solve.
0 pages, Audio CD
First published March 29,1928
This edition
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0 pages, Audio CD
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December 10, 2003 by BBC Audiobooks America
- ISBN
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9781572703568
- ASIN
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1572703563
- Language
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English
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Demetrius Papopolous
Well-known dealer in antiques and jewels. He has a shop in Paris....
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Zia Papopolous
Demetrius Papopolouss daughter.more...
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Rufus Van Aldin
First encountered in The Mystery of the Blue Train. An American millionaire and Ruth Ketterings father.more...
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Major Richard Knighton
Rufus Van Aldins English secretary....
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Ruth Kettering
Rufus Van Aldins only daughter and Hon. Derek Ketterings wife. She lives on Curzon Street in London. In The Mystery of the Blue Train, she takes a ride on the train from Paris to the French Riviera. Her case is mentioned in Peril at End ...
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Derek Kettering
Ruths husband and Rufus Van Aldins son-in-law. 34 year old heir to the Leconbury estate. His servant is Pavett. Good looking. In financial straights....
About the author
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Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
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)
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)
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