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Murder on the Orient Express: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation Compact disc - 2004

Name: Murder On The Orient Express Starring John Moffatt As Hercule Poirot Bbc Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
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Author: Christie, Agatha
ISBN: 9780563478348

by Agatha Christie; Read by Full Cast; Read by John Moffatt

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Summary

Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels, owing no doubt to a combination of its romantic setting and the ingeniousness of its plot; its non-exploitative reference to the sensational kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh only two years prior; and a popular 1974 film adaptation, starring Albert Finney as Poirot - one of the few cinematic versions of a Christie work that met with the approval, however mild, of the author herself.

From the publisher

An international cast of suspects, all passengers on the crowded train, are speeding through the snowy European landscape when a bizarre and terrible murder brings them to an abrupt halt. One of their glittering number lies dead in his cabin, stabbed a mysterious 12 times. There is no lack of clues for Poirot--but which clue is real and which is a clever plant? Poirot realizes that this time he is dealing with a murderer of enormous cunning and that in a case fraught with fear and inconsistencies only one thing is certain--the murderer is still aboard the train waiting to strike again. . . John Moffatt stars as Hercule Poirot, with a stellar cast including Joss Ackland, Sylvia Syms, Francesca Annis, and Sian Phillips.

2 CDs. 2 hrs 10 mins.

Details

Title Murder on the Orient Express: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
Author Agatha Christie; Read by Full Cast; Read by John Moffatt
Binding Compact Disc
Edition Unabridged
Pages 1
Volumes 2
Language ENG
Publisher BBC Books
Date July 19, 2004
ISBN 9780563478348 / 0563478349
Weight 0.2 lbs (0.09 kg)
Dimensions 5 x 5.6 x 0.4 in (12.70 x 14.22 x 1.02 cm)
Dewey Decimal Code 822.92

About the author

Agatha Christie was born in 1890. During the World War I she worked as a hospital dispenser, where she gleaned the working knowledge of various poisons. Her first novel was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published in 1920, followed over the next six years by four more detective novels and a short story collection. However, it was not until the publication of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd that Agatha Christie's reputation was firmly established. In 1930 the sharp-witted spinster sleuth Miss Marple made her first appearance in Murder at the Vicarage. In all, Agatha Christie published 80 crime novels and short story collections. As her play The Mousetrap (the longest-running play in the history of the theater) testifies, Agatha Christie's detective stories are likely to appeal for a long time to come. Agatha Christie was awarded a CBE in 1956 and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1971. She died in 1976.