Hercule Poirot at 100: The Refugee Detective Who Stole Britain s Heart
Writing about this retired Belgian police officer solving cases around the UK and across the globe, Agatha Christie was able to explore (and poke fun at) the complexities of Englishness and its relationship to continental Europe.
Street art of Hercule Poirot. Photo: Tony Bowden/Flickr CC BY SA 2.0
Books25/Jan/2021
A hundred years ago, Agatha Christie introduced British readers to a small man with an impeccably maintained moustache who, with the help of his âlittle grey cellsâ, was very good at solving crimes. That man, of course, was Hercule Poirot, who made his debut in Christieâs first novel,