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What is the plot of Death on the Nile?
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
Death on the Nile/Film synopsis
What is the setting of Death on the Nile?
Egypt
It takes place in Egypt in 1937, mostly on a period paddle steamer on the Nile.
Who narrates Death on the Nile?
Kenneth Branagh
Listen to an extract from the all new digital audio edition of Death on the Nile narrated by Kenneth Branagh, director and star of 20th Century Studios’ upcoming Death on the Nile feature film.
When did Agatha Christie wrote Death on the Nile?
1937
Tourists eager to explore cruiser where Agatha Christie wrote 1937 novel ‘Death on the Nile’ The steam ship ‘PS Sudan’ cruising along the Nile river by Egypt’s southern city of Aswan, some 920 kilometres south of the capital.
What does name Agatha mean?
good, honorable
a-ga-tha. Origin:Greek. Popularity:3832. Meaning:good, honorable.
What is the genre of Death on the Nile?
Mystery
NovelCrime fiction
Death on the Nile/Genres
What is the theme of death on the Nile by Christie?
Death on the Nile has similar themes to the rest of Christie’s books. Much as I love Christie’s stories and her detectives, they are a tad formulaic. The charm lies in the characters, the settings, the red herrings, and the traditional England that Christie describes so beautifully through rose coloured glasses.
When was death on the Nile by Agatha Christie published?
Jump to navigation Jump to search. Death on the Nile is a book of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1937 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year.
What is the setting of death on the Nile?
The exotic setting of Egypt was likely inspired by Christie’s husband, Max Mallowan’s, vocation as prominent archaeologist. Death on the Nile is one of her Hercule Poirot novels, which features the idiosyncratic Belgian detective as its primary protagonist.
How would you describe Poirot in death on the Nile?
The detective, Hercules Poirot is a calm detective, who, despite of characters using a plethora of ruses to baffle the investigation, triumphantly applies his approach of logical deduction. Death on the Nile has similar themes to the rest of Christie’s books. Much as I love Christie’s stories and her detectives, they are a tad formulaic.