Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories This page details the other fictional characters created by Agatha Christie in her stories about the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Hastings first meets Poirot during his years as a private detective in Europe. Almost immediately after they both arrive in England, he becomes Poirot's partner, and appears in many of the novels and stories. Poirot's view of Hastings was of a man with plenty of imagination but not a great deal of brains. Hastings was capable of great bravery when the going got tough, facing death unflinchingly when confronted by the "Big Four"
Tuppence Middleton "Dickensian" (2015–16), playing Miss Havisham, and "War & Peace" (2016), in which she played Russian princess and villain Hélène Kuragina, and has been cast in the upcoming film adaptation "Downton Abbey". In 2010, she was nominated for the "London Evening Standard" Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer. Tuppence Middleton was born on 21 February 1987 in Bristol, England, to Nigel and Tina Middleton. She was named "Tuppence" after the childhood nickname her grandmother gave to her mother. She was raised in Clevedon, Somerset, with older sister Angel and younger brother Josh (now frontman of heavy metal band Sylosis, and lead