Hercule Poirot, Masterpiece Of The 20th Century By Agatha Christie

There are a multitude of reasons why Dame Agatha Christie is referred to as the Queen of Crime, and this short Belgian detective, with his grey cells and patent leather shoes, is one of the greatest. Another reason is that she's statistically the world's best selling fiction writer of all time. But all that would have never happened if not if she hadn't invented Hercule Poirot.




First introduced to the world in 1920, in "The Mysterious Affair At Styles",(which makes it 100 years this year), Hercule Poirot soon swept through the ranks to be known as one the world's most well known fictitious detectives, only behind one Sherlock Holmes. But Hercule Poirot is quite different, and very unique. 

First of all, unlike his Greek eponym Hercules the demigod, Poirot is a LOT less given to physical endeavors. (by the way, eponym is the opposite of namesake) Poirot scoffs at activities for which Sherlock Holmes is famous, such as sniffing cigarette ash and rolling on the ground in search of clues. Poirot, is more of a thinker, and he's always using "order and method", and his own "little grey cells", to solve his cases. He is less focused on the crime scene and more focused on the psychology of the criminal.

And he is almost never alone in his quests. Joining him on the majority of his cases is Captain Arthur Hastings. Based on Holmes' Dr. Watson, Hastings too narrates the cases of which he is part of. This means that the books are written in two forms, second person narratives or third person. Also featured is Miss Lemon, Poirot's excessively efficient secretary, who loves order and method as much as Poirot himself. 

Hercule Poirot may be an ex policeman, but he is also a man. Sometimes without scruples, as he's not above reading other's letters. But always thoughtful, if a tad arrogant. Atleast three books feature Poirot not doing what is lawfully correct: Poirot once saves the criminal for a crime with great moral justification, and in another story he allows the murderer to commit suicide inorder to save his reputation and family name.

I can write tons of things on Hercule Poirot, like his love of symmetry, his love of his mustache, and so on and so forth. But I won't, cos you gotta read it yourself to enjoy it more.

Action packed and unpredictable, these books you will definitely enjoy. But be warned, they'll force your mind to rid itself of all lethargy and pay tribute to the queen of crime at the very end!!

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles        :Download ePub

                               

The Murder on the Links                    :Download ePub

                              

Poirot Investigates                              :Download ePub

                              

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd           :Download ePub

                              

The Big Four                                       :Download ePub

                              

The Mystery of the Blue Train           :Download ePub

                              

Black Coffee                                        :Download ePub

                              

Peril at End House                                :Download ePub

                              

Lord Edgware Dies also published as Thirteen at Dinner                                                   :Download ePub

                              

Murder on the Orient Express also published as Murder in the Calais Coach                 :Download ePub

                              

Three Act Tragedy also published as Murder in Three Acts                                                      :Download ePub

                              

Death in the Clouds also published as Death in the Air                                                               :Download ePub

                               

The A.B.C. Murders also published as The Alphabet Murders                                               :Download ePub

                              

Murder in Mesopotamia                     :Download ePub

                              

Cards on the Table                               :Download ePub

                              

Dumb Witness also published as Poirot Loses a Client                                                              :Download ePub

                              

Death on the Nile also published as Murder on the Nile and as Hidden Horizon                       :Download ePub

                              

Murder in the Mews also published as Dead Man's Mirror                                                   :Download ePub

                              

Appointment with Death                    :Download ePub

                              

Hercule Poirot's Christmas also published as Murder for Christmas and as A Holiday for Murder                                                                                 :Download ePub

                              

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories                                                                                :Download ePub

                              

Sad Cypress                                         :Download ePub

                              

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe also published as An Overdose of Death and as The Patriotic Murders                                                                        :Download ePub

                              

Evil Under the Sun                          :Download ePub

                              

Five Little Pigs also published as Murder in Retrospect                                                              :Download ePub

                              

The Hollow also published as Murder after Hours                                                                     :Download ePub

                              

The Labors of Hercules                       :Download ePub

                              

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories                                                                      :Download ePub

                              

Taken at the Flood also published as There Is a Tide                                                                  :Download ePub

                              

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories    :Download ePub

                              

The Under Dog and Other Stories       :Download ePub

                              

Mrs McGinty's Dead also published as Blood Will Tell                                                       :Download ePub

                              

After the Funeral also published as Funerals are Fatal                                                             :Download ePub

                              

Hickory Dickory Dock also published as Hickory Dickory Death                                      :Download ePub

                              

Dead Man's Folly                                :Download ePub

                              

Cat Among the Pigeons                   :Download ePub

                              

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding                                                                                     :Download ePub

                              

Double Sin and Other Stories            :Download ePub

                              

The Clocks                                          :Download ePub

                              

Third Girl                                             :Download ePub

                              

Hallowe'en Party                                :Download ePub

                              

Elephants Can Remember               :Download ePub

                              

Poirot's Early Cases                           :Download ePub

                              

Curtain                                                :Download ePub

                              

Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories                                                                               :Download ePub

                              

The Harlequin Tea Set                       :Download ePub

                              

While the Light Lasts and Other Stories                                                                                  :Download ePub

                              

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