casanova and the comte de sade
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Jane Wilkinson (lord Edgware Dies)
A husky-voiced American film and stage actress who married a British nobleman three years ago. Now she wants out of the marriage. Her present title? Lady Edgware. Self-centred. A true star....
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Detective Chief Inspector James Japp
Detective Chief Inspector James Japp (later Assistant Commissioner Japp) is a fictional character who appears in several of Agatha Christies novels featuring Hercule Poirot.Japps career in the Poirot novels extends into the 1930s but, like Has...
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George Lord Edgware
Full name: George Alfred St. Vincent Marsh. Baron Edgware IV. The wealthy, eccentric and bad tempered husband of Jane Wilkinson. She is his second wife. Often cruel....
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Carlotta Adams
A young American stage actress who is an incredible mimic. She presently has a one-woman show in London. Quiet, and charming....
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Bryan Martin
An American film star who has worked frequently with Jane Wilkinson....
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Geraldine Marsh
Lord Edgwares 16-year-old daughter; she loathes her father. Tall and slender. Ronald Marsh, her cousin, calls her Dina.more...
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Ronald Marsh
Lord Edgwares wastrel nephew, the heir apparent. A captain in the Army. Handsome.more...
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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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Miss Carroll
Lord Edgwares stiff and prim secretary. Shes been with him for several years.more...
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Jenny Driver
Carlotta Adams best friend, a milliner who owns a hat shop called Genevieves in Moffat Street.more...
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Sir Montague Corner
Elderly. Crotchety. Lives in Chiswick. Fond of holding dinner parties....
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Charles Widburn
A man who runs in the same circles as Jane Wilkinson....
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Mrs. Widburn
Charles Whitburns wife.more...
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Duke Of Merton
A priggish, wealthy nobleman with an ascetic bent. 27. A violent Anglo-Catholic. Good looking....
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Dowager Duchess Of Merton
The haughty, demanding mother of the Duke of Merton....
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Lucie Adams
Carlota Adams younger sister who lives in Washington DC, USA. Sickly and delicate.more...
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Donald Ross
A Scottish actor who runs in the same circles as Jane Wilkinson and Sir Montague Corner. In his early 20s. Pleasant looking....
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Miss Ellis (maid)
Jane Wilkinsons longtime maid and confidante.more...
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The Man With The Gold Tooth
Has a distinctive tooth. Ugly little chap. He was following Bryan Martin in his travels in America....
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Casanova And The Comte De Sade
Real people. Venetian Giacomo Casanova, 1725-1798, is famous for his many affairs, but was much more than that as a man of society. Jean-Baptiste de Sade, Comte de Sade, 1702-1767, was a significant member of the French aristocracy, and active in politics...
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The Solicitor (lord Edgware Dies)
Mr. Moxon is the legal advisor to Jane Wilkinson....
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The Woman On The Telephone
An unknown woman rings Jane Wilkinson at Sir Montagus dinner party.more...
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Elizabeth Canning
A case recounted by Japp which included witnesses swearing they saw a gipsy, Mary Squires, in two different places at the same time....
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Alton The Butler
Lord Edgwares butler. He hasnt been on the household staff long.more...
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Dr. Heath
Lives at 17 Carlisle. Summoned by Alice Bennett, Miss Adams maid....
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Mr. Mrs. And Miss Rachel Dortheimer
Ronald Marsh didnt enjoy the opera that much with the Dortheimers.more...
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Benvenuto Cellini (lord Edgware Dies)
A real person. 1500-1571. Italian. An important Florence sculptor and author. Goldsmith too....
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King George (lord Edgware Dies)
A real person. George V reigned over the British Empire from 1910 to 1936. Born 1865. Grandson of Queen Victoria. Succeeded by his son, Edward VIII....
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Jobson The Taxi Driver
Picked up two people on the night of the 24th near the Royal Opera....
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Mrs. Van Dusen
A friend of Jane Wilkinson from the US....
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Madame Tussaud (lord Edgware Dies)
A real person. 1761-1850. From Strasbourg France. Her collection of wax portraits of well known personages first opened in London in 1835 as Madame Tussauds Wax Museum....
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Arthur Hastings
Captain Arthur J. M. Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie as the companion-chronicler and best friend of the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. He is first introduced in Christies 1920 novel The Mysterious Affair at Sty...