Appointment with Death
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"Appointment with Death" is a Hercule Poirot murder mystery novel by Agatha Christie, set largely in the Middle East and centered on the suspicious death of a tyrannical matriarch during a family trip.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hercule Poirot novel
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crime novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film
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stage play ⓘ television episode ⓘ |
| author | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresSettingType | archaeological site ⓘ |
| featuresTravel | family trip ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1938 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Hercule Poirot's Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Colonel Carbury
NERFINISHED
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Dr. Sarah King NERFINISHED ⓘ Ginevra Boynton NERFINISHED ⓘ Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ Jefferson Cope NERFINISHED ⓘ Lennox Boynton NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Boynton NERFINISHED ⓘ Nadine Boynton NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Boynton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmAdaptation | Appointment with Death (1988 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTelevisionAdaptation | Agatha Christie's Poirot: Appointment with Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family tyranny
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freedom from oppression ⓘ psychological control ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Hercule Poirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | murder investigation ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of psychological motives in murder ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotFocus | suspicious death of a tyrannical matriarch ⓘ |
| precededBy | Death on the Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | Belgian detective ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | private detective ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| publisher | Collins Crime Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Hercule Poirot series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Petra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInRegion | Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Agatha Christie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Death on the Nile