5/21/2023 0 Comments Christie curtain![]() ![]() During the period of his "retirement" (if heĮven did retire), the first World War was being waged. That meant Poirot was a refugee in England at age 62 roughly (in the year 1916) when Arthur Hastings saw him at Styles. That meant if the age of sixty was for retirement, then Poirot would haveīeen born around 1854. In Three Act Tragedy, Poirot said he was to retire from the Belgian police force at the time WWI began. Hundred by now." Indeed Hercule Poirot was! Let's discuss his age a little further. The result is that my fictional detective must really be well over a She also says in her autobiography: "Not too young a one. ![]() She also made a mistake, she said, with making PoirotĪ retired police offer. Christie said in her An Autobiography (finished in 1965): "What a terrible mistake I had made in starting with Hercule Poirot so old-I ought to haveĪbandoned him after the first three or four books, and begun again with someone much younger" (italicized "old" was included in text). Some say he lives to 125 by the time of his last novel (found in various reference books and amongst Agatha Christie Deciding on the age of Hercule Poirot can be a little tricky. ![]()
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