Captain Arthur Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character, the partner and best friend of Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. He is first introduced in her novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles and appears in many subsequent Poirot stories and novels, generally as the narrator. A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976), was a English crime fiction writer. ... David Suchet as Poirot Hercule Poirot (pronounced ) is a fictional character, the primary detective of Agatha Christies novels. ... Cover of a paperback version The Mysterious Affair at Styles (written and published in 1920) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. ...

Poirot meets Hastings almost immediately upon his arrival in England, and the two become life-long friends. Hastings, while being no great detective himself, serves Poirot in many ways. A former British Army officer in World War I, he is extremely brave and often used by Poirot for physical duties such as catching and subduing a criminal. Poirot likes to tease Hastings about being dim-witted at times, but he clearly enjoys the Captain's company. Before Hastings marries, the two men even share a flat in a situation reminiscient of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World... Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Edward Paget, in The Strand magazine. ... Dr. John H. Watson is a fictional character, the sidekick of Sherlock Holmes, the fictional 19th century detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle, in the Sherlock Holmes novels. ...

Hastings represents the traditional English gentleman -- not too bright but absolutely fastidious, a throwback to the Victorian era gentleman who is always concerned about "fair play." He is chivalrous, as well, possessing a pronounced weakness for pretty women with auburn hair (a fact that gets him and Poirot into trouble more than once). Despite his preference for auburn hair, he eventually falls in love with a dark-haired music hall actress and singer, Dulcie Duveen. They meet in the story Murder on the Links, the second full-length Poirot novel. He moves to a ranch in Argentina with his wife with whom he has four children, one of whom, Judith, appears in the last Poirot novel, Curtain. He returns to England to visit Poirot periodically, for example in The Big Four. Murder on the Links is a 1923 murder mystery by Agatha Christie. ... Curtain is a novel by Agatha Christie, written in the 1930s but published posthumously in 1975. ... The Big Four (published in 1927) is a detective fiction novel written by Agatha Christie. ...

Hastings has been portrayed on film and television by several actors, including Robert Morley (The Alphabet Muders (1965)), Jonathan Cecil (Thirteen at Dinner (1985), Dead Man's Folly (1986) and Murder in Three Acts (1986)), and, most notably, Hugh Fraser, who has portrayed Hastings alongside David Suchet's Poirot in almost every episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot broadcast since 1989. Hugh Fraser is an English actor. ... David Suchet as Hercule Poirot (foreground) David Suchet (born May 2, 1946) is a British actor best known for his television portrayal of Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot. ... Agatha Christies Poirot (U.S. title Poirot) is a popular British television series starring David Suchet as Agatha Christies detective character Hercule Poirot. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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The fictional character Chief Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard appears in many of Agatha Christies novels and stories about Hercule Poirot. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Cover of a paperback version The Mysterious Affair at Styles (written and published in 1920) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. ... The Secret Adversary (1922) is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie. ... Murder on the Links is a 1923 murder mystery by Agatha Christie. ... The Man in the Brown Suit (published in 1924) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. ... The Secret of Chimneys is a detective novel written by Agatha Christie in 1925. ... The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (published in 1926) is a detective novel by Agatha Christie. ... The Big Four (published in 1927) is a detective fiction novel written by Agatha Christie. ... 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See also

• Hercule Poirot
• Chief Inspector Japp
• John Watson, friend of Sherlock Holmes