An edition of Poirot's Early Cases (1963)

Le bal de la victoire

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An edition of Poirot's Early Cases (1963)

Le bal de la victoire

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With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot came to exercise those famous "grey cells" so well. Fourteen of the eighteen stories collected herein are narrated by Captain Arthur Hastings—including what would appear to be the earliest Poirot short story, The Affair at the Victory Ball, which follows soon on the events of The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Two of the stories are narrated by Poirot himself, to Hastings. One, The Chocolate Box, concerns Poirot's early days on the Belgian police force, and the case that was his greatest failure: "My grey cells, they functioned not at all," Poirot admits. But otherwise, in this most fascinating collection, they function brilliantly, Poiro's grey cells, challenging the reader to keep pace at every twist and turn.

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French
Pages
346

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Cover of: Poirot's Early Cases
Poirot's Early Cases
2016, HarperCollins Publishers
in English
Cover of: Le bal de la victoire
Le bal de la victoire
2004, Editions du Masque
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: Poirot's Early Cases
Poirot's Early Cases
2002, HarperCollins Publishers
in English
Cover of: Primeros Casos De Poirot
Primeros Casos De Poirot
2000, Editorial Molino
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Le bal de la victoire
Le bal de la victoire
1990, Librairie des Champs-Elysées
paperback in French
Cover of: Primeros casos de Poirot
Primeros casos de Poirot
1986, Editorial Molino
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Poirot's Early Cases
Poirot's Early Cases
1985, Fontana/Collins
in English
Cover of: Le bal de la victoire, et autres enquêtes d'Hercule Poirot
Le bal de la victoire, et autres enquêtes d'Hercule Poirot: (Poirot's early cases)
1983, Librairie des Champs-Élysées
in French
Cover of: Poirot's Early Cases
Poirot's Early Cases
1979, Fontana/Collins
in English
Cover of: Le bal de la victoire
Le bal de la victoire
1979, Librairie des Champs-Elysées
in French

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Published in
Paris
Series
Le livre de poche -- 7338

The Physical Object

Pagination
346 p.
Number of pages
346

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32116273M
Internet Archive
lebaldelavictoir0000chri_p1k5
ISBN 10
2253058297
ISBN 13
9782253058298
OCLC/WorldCat
470096459

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