Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express Suchet to do voice acting for "Murder on the Orient Express", and said that his skillful voice acting would bring "tremendous excitement and authenticity" to the game. As with "And Then There Were None", Sheldon introduced a new character to the plot of "Murder on the Orient Express", who was not present in Christie's novel, in order to fulfill the role of a player character and protagonist. The character, Antoinette Marceau, is described by Sheldon as an amalgam of two characters from the novel. These were Poirot's friend who ran the Orient Express, Marcel Bouc, and a young soldier who
The Gate of Calais Finchley", which he painted in 1749/50, provides a companion theme to "The Gate of Calais": it depicts a fictional gathering of robust English guardsman who are to march north to defend London against the invasion of Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobites in 1745. Further anti-French sentiment is apparent in his two "Invasion" engravings, published in 1756, and in "Beer Street", where Rev. James Townley's accompanying verses stress the superiority of the English. "The Gate of Calais" secondary title, "O, the Roast Beef of Old England", is a reference to the popular patriotic ballad 'The Roast Beef of Old England' from Henry