![]() ![]() Miss Marple realises that it is a mistake to try to step back to pre-war days. The main import of the novel is that nothing at Bertram's Hotel in 1955 is as its seems: all is a facade, from the appearance of the hotel, to the people who visit it, to the people who run it. I hadn't realised how much the story had been modified for television, with characters left out, and others inserted. ![]() I have seen the TV versions of the novel several times and in fact did wonder whether it was worth my while reading the book, it being next in my list for the Agatha Christie Reading Challenge. Included substantial changes from the novel. This time featuring Geraldine McEwan as the elderly sleuth, and BBC RadioĤ dramatised the story in 2004 and it was adapted again for TV in 2007, The story was adapted for TV starring Joan Hickson in 1987. Have been inspired by Brown’s Hotel in London, a favourite haunt ofĪgatha Christie, but could also have been based on the Mayfair Hotel, ![]() Guest sets off a violent chain of events.īertram’s, the fictional hotel featured in the story, is thought to Mead, this time she’s holidaying in London, when a certain eccentric One of Miss Marple’s few outings from St Mary ![]()
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