Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28 February 1934, under the title of "Murder in the Calais Coach," by Dodd, Mead and Company. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the U.S. edition at $2.00. The elegant train of the 1930s, the Orient Express, is stopped by heavy snowfall, with many passengers.
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