Curtain: Poirot's Last Case is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in September 1975 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year, selling for $7.95. The novel features Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings in their final appearances in Christie's. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Agatha. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the.

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In preparation for on 15 February 1971, it was concurrently priced on the dustjacket at 1.25. The US edition retailed at $5.95.

It was published to mark Christie's eightieth birthday and, by counting up both UK and US short-story collections to reach the desired total, was also advertised as her eightieth book. It is the last of her spy novels. At the beginning of the book there is a quote by, 'Leadership, besides being a great creative force, can be diabolical.' It is one of only four Christie novels to have not received an adaptation of any kind (such as screen, stage or radio) and one of only four of her novels to have not received a screen adaptation, the others being, and. Contents • • • • • Plot summary [ ] Sir Stafford Nye's flight home from Malaya takes an unexpected twist when the bored diplomat is approached in an airport by a woman whose life is in danger. He agrees to lend her his passport and boarding ticket. Suddenly, Stafford has unwittingly entered a web of international intrigue, from which the only escape is to outwit the power-crazed Countess von Waldsausen who is hell-bent on through the manipulation and arming of the planet's youth, which brings with it what promises to be a resurgence of domination.

Unwittingly the diplomat has put his own life on the line. His great-aunt Matilda hints to him of a terrible world-wide conspiracy that has something to do with and 'The Young Siegfried'. When Nye meets the mystery woman again, he finds himself drawn into a battle against an invisible and altogether more dangerous enemy. Nye, along with the mystery lady from the plane, 'Mary Ann' (aka Daphne Theodofanous or Countess Renata Zerkowski), is invited into a secret ring of British members of the government, led by the retired Lord Altamount and including a character featured in many Christie novels, the master of international finance, Mr. This group is investigating and fighting the Countess's secret Nazi superpower.

Back in World War II, went to a mental institution, met with a group of people who thought they were Hitler, and exchanged places with one of them, thus surviving the war. Install Phpmailer On Windows. He escaped to Argentina where he married and had a son who was branded with a swastika on his heel.

The Countess, however, has a son whom she also branded with a swastika and substituted for Hitler's son. Meanwhile, the secret British government group explains in many long expository chapters about how drugs, promiscuity, and student protests are all secretly caused by Nazi agitators who want to bring about anarchy so that they can re-build fascism.

One of their group is probably a traitor. Nye then meets with his great-aunt Matilda again. She goes off to the Alps in a wheelchair to meet with the Countess, who was her schoolmate many years ago. Prodigy Discography Torrent Mp3 Quran.

Matilda tells Nye about a scientist, Professor Shoreham, who invented something called Project B, or 'Benvo', which is a riot-control drug that makes people altruistic but also may lobotomize them. Shoreham had a stroke, can not communicate well, and has spent years doing nothing but listen to music; he destroyed all records of Project B. When the traitor from the government group tries to kill Lord Altamount, the shock of the violent incident brings miraculous recovery to Shoreham, who resolves to go back to work on his project. The final chapter is an epilogue set some time later, with Nye at Matilda's house preparing for his upcoming marriage to Mary Ann. It is implied that the false son of Hitler is about to become the organist at their church. Sybil, Nye's niece, bursts in and chatters.