Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels, one play, and more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era.

Unlike the models mentioned above, Christie's Poirot was clearly the result of her early development of the detective in her first book, written in 1916 but not published until 1920.

Very little mention is made in Christie's work about this part of his life, but in " The Nemean Lion " ( 1939 ) Poirot himself 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 ".

In The Agatha Christie Hour, she was portrayed by British actress Angela Easterling, while in Agatha Christie's Poirot, she was portrayed by Pauline Moran.

In Agatha Christie's Poirot, Japp was portrayed by Philip Jackson.

In Agatha Christie's Poirot, George is played by actor David Yelland.

When Christie's daughter, Rosalind Hicks, observed Ustinov during a rehearsal, she said, " That's not Poirot!

David Suchet has starred as the eponymous detective in Agatha Christie's Poirot in the ITV series since 1989.

In 2004, NHK ( Japanese public TV network ) produced a 39 episode anime series titled Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, as well as a manga series under the same title released in 2005.

Alongside Hercule Poirot, she is one of the most loved and famous of Christie's characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen.

From 2004 to 2005, Japanese TV network NHK produced a 39 episode anime series titled Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, which features both Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

The same joke-translation is mentioned in Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun by Patrick Redfern to Hercule Poirot – a prank which inadvertently gives Poirot the answer to the murder.

Agatha Christie's numerous mystery novels often referenced Scotland Yard, most notably in her Hercule Poirot series.

In Agatha Christie's Poirot series of books, Poirot often has a tisane and accounts this as being the reason why his " little grey cells " are superior to others.

During this period, one of his high-profile film roles was as Agatha Christie's Belgian master detective Hercule Poirot in the 1974 film Murder On The Orient Express.

In Agatha Christie's, " Appointment with Death " ( 1938 ), the mysterious and enigmatic Petra is the setting for a murder mystery featuring Hercule Poirot.

* Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles ( 1920 ) introduces Hercule Poirot.

* Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ( 1926 ), featuring Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in one of Christie's best-known works

In October 2010 Sykes appeared in Hallowe ' en Party, an episode in the twelfth series of Agatha Christie's Poirot.

* Agatha Christie's Poirot: Hallowe ' en Party ( TV film ) ( 2010 )

: They Came to Baghdad was inspired by Christie's own trips to Baghdad with Mallowan, and involves an archaeologist as the heroine's love interest.

Not only was his Belgian nationality interesting because of Belgium's occupation by Germany ( which provided a valid explanation of why such a skilled detective would be out of work and available to solve mysteries at an English country house ), but also at the time of Christie's writing, it was considered patriotic to express sympathy with the Belgians, since the invasion of their country had constituted Britain's casus belli for entering World War I, and British wartime propaganda emphasized the " Rape of Belgium ".

The novel was not published until shortly after Christie's death in 1976, some thirty-six years after it was originally written.

Monet's Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil, an 1873 painting of a railway bridge spanning the Seine near Paris, was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder for a record $ 41. 4 million at Christie's auction in New York on 6 May 2008.

The highest auction record for the artist was set on November 6, 2007 at Christie's in New York, where a group of four paintings, " Les Quatre Saisons " ( the Four Seasons ) sold for $ 14, 601, 000 ( estimate $ 12, 000, 000-$ 18, 000, 000 ).

It was sold at Christie's on 19 May 2005 for £ 420, 000 (£ 478, 400 including auction fees and taxes ) to David Gold, the then joint chairman of Birmingham City.

His top auction price was $ 20. 8 million which was set by his 1915 still life titled, Livre, pipe et verres, until Christie's Imp / Mod sale in November 2010, when " Violon et guitare " sold for $ 28. 6 million.

On December 4, 2006, one of Hendrix's 1968 Fender Stratocaster guitars with a sunburst design was sold at a Christie's auction for US $ 168, 000.

On 4 May 2010, Nude, Green Leaves and Bust was sold at Christie's for $ 106. 5 million.

Agatha Christie's book Ten Little Niggers was first published in London in 1939 and continued to appear under that title until the early 1980s, when it became And Then There Were None.

In addition, Ten Little Niggers ( 1939 ) was the original British title of Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None, which has also been known by the alternate title Ten Little Indians.

In June 2006, much of her estate was auctioned by Christie's to meet inheritance tax, though some of the items were sold in aid of charities such as the Stroke Association.

* On December 13 / 14, 2011 Elizabeth Taylor's complete jewelery collection was auctioned by Christie's.

In 1997, it was sold at Christie's auction house in London for $ 1. 2 million, setting a price record for a piano sold at auction.

* The world's most expensive grand piano sold at auction was built by Steinway's factory in New York City in 1883 – 87 ; it sold for $ 1. 2 million in 1997 at Christie's in London.

In 2005, a 14th century Chinese porcelain piece was sold by the Christie's for Pound sterling | £ 16 million, or US United States dollar | $ 28 million.

Fortunately, the threat was never carried out ; and in Mrs Christie's latest novel the little Belgian detective is in very good form indeed.

Captain Arthur Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character, the amateur sleuthing partner and best friend of Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.

In many of her appearances, Oliver — and her feelings toward Hjerson — reflect Agatha Christie's own frustrations as an author, particularly with the Belgian Hercule Poirot ( an example of self-insertion ).

The Times Literary Supplement review of the book publication struck a positive although incorrect note in its issue of 3 February 1927 when they assumed that the different style of the book from its immediate predecessor, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was a deliberate ploy: " M. Poirot, the Belgian detective who has figured in others of Mrs Christie's tales, is in very good form in the latest series of adventures.

The novel is a fine example of a " country house mystery " and was the first of her novels in four years to feature Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot — one of the longest gaps in the entire series.

The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and reflects Christie's experiences travelling in the Middle East with her husband, the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan.

It features Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, who makes a very late appearance in the final third of the novel.