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Dunant, Sarah
The writer, broadcaster and critic Sarah Dunant was born in London. She attended Godolphin and Latymer School and Newnham College, Cambridge, graduating with a first in history in 1973. She was also involved in theatre while at Cambridge. She was a radio producer at the BBC between 1974 and 1976. As of 1977 she is a freelance journalist and author. She has travelled extensively, primarily in...
Literary figures
Hercule Poirot
Gender: Male
The Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot worked for the Belgian police until Agatha Christie transferred him to England. Poirot is characterised by his vanity, his strong French accent, his egg-shaped head and his impressive moustache, and he solves crime in a string of classic whodunits. Poirot eventually became so famous that The Times published an obituary when Christie killed him off in...