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The real-life Poirot

Hercule Poirot is one Agatha Christie’s best loved detectives. But until now no-one has ever known the inspiration behind the sleuth. Researcher Michael Clapp thinks a Belgian refugee called Jacques Hornais is the man; the story begins with his grandmother.

(Photo: A 1937 production of Agatha Christie's "the Wasp's Nest". Credit: The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)

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3 minutes