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Taken at the Flood: Complete & Unabridged (Hercule Poirot) | 
 enlarge | Author: Agatha Christie
Creator: Hugh Fraser
Publisher: HarperCollins Audio
Category: Book
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 539612
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0007139675
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780007139675
ASIN: 0007139675
Publication Date: July 15, 2002
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A Classic Agatha Christie November 18, 2002
Posy Hill (Divonne Les Bains, France)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Set in an English village, and complete with the stock cast of suspects, the only surprise is that Hercule Poirot, rather then Miss Marple, arrives to solve this mystery.
In a world where dogs and gardening provide the main topics of conversation, the cast of characters is representative of the local gentry: the solicitor; the doctor; the farmer, the whimsical lady spiritualist - only the Rector is missing. The maids have adenoids, the barmaid is brassy, and the local constabulary show a proper respect for "their betters".But the old order is breaking down in the aftermath of war. The gentry are feeling the pinch and their former benefactor has died, leaving a wealthy widow. She takes up residence among them, with her darkly mysterious brother. But is she his widow? Was she his wife? And is he really her brother? Suspicion naturally falls on the pair of outsiders - he is not a gentleman and she is certainly no lady, even her name is "bogus". Foul play is committed with hardly any blood and no nasty gory details. And Hercule Poirot arrives, in a cloud of Gallic mist, to tell us "who done it", despite the red herrings that the author strews across his path. Hugh Fraser's excellent reading evokes a politically incorrect world which has long vanished, if it ever existed. It is thoroughly archaic and utterly enjoyable.
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