![]() When does Cards on the Table take place? It must post-date The A.B.C. “And even then, there were circumstances-but no matter.”Īgatha Christie (1936). “The last time was twenty-eight years ago,” said Poirot with dignity. “Don't you ever have a failure, Monsieur Poirot?" However, in Cards on the Table Poirot says that his last failure was “twenty-eight years ago”: This places the story during the conflict over state secularism that occupied the last quarter of the 19th century and culminated in the Loi du 9 décembre 1905. “It was at the time of the terrible struggle in France between church and state.”Īgatha Christie (1923). In the story itself Poirot says, “At that time, mon ami, I was, as you know, a member of the Belgian detective force” but as to the date he is vague: ![]() The affair of the box of chocolates.”Īgatha Christie (1932). ![]() You recollect, Hastings? I recounted it to you. Precise dates are very rare in the Poirot corpus, and there are few references to historical events that can be used to give a terminus post quem, but here is a selection of significant dates. TL DR: It is not possible to put together a consistent biography of Poirot that includes all the stories. ![]()
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