{"id":13310,"date":"2023-08-18T09:21:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T07:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/?p=13310"},"modified":"2024-02-28T18:48:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:48:58","slug":"agatha-christie-the-dandelion-poisoner-joe-nocera-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2023\/08\/18\/agatha-christie-the-dandelion-poisoner-joe-nocera-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Agatha Christie &#038; The Dandelion Poisoner &#8211; Joe Nocera (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a century ago, Herbert Armstrong, a solicitor&nbsp;from Wales, was accused of the murder of his wife, having allegedly poisoned her with arsenic. He is found guilty after a questionable trial and hanged. What has this to do with Agatha Christie ? Well, the crime could be an Agatha Christie novel. All the elements are there. So this podcast goes through all the details of Armstrong&#8217;s trial and, in parallel, through Agatha Christie&#8217;s life. It is extremely well-thought, everything sticks perfectly together and both stories are captivating to follow. A real pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Poirot&#8217;s the most extraordinary character. In his own eyes, he&#8217;s the greatest detective in the World and will not be persuaded otherwise. He is vain, he is&#8230;, he is a pain in the butt, he is egotistic. I mean, don&#8217;t forget, it&#8217;s Poirot that said that Sherlock Holmes was very good, but you have to remember he&#8217;s only fiction.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-4-color\">Eight episodes of <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-colibri-color-4-color\">approximately<\/mark><\/strong> 40 minutes each<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Episode 1. Murder is Easy<br>Episode 2. A Murder is Announced<br>Episode 3. The Chocolate Box<br>Episode 4. Appointment with death<br>Episode 5. Witness for the Prosecution<br>Episode 6. The Secret Adversary<br>Episode 7. Death comes as the End<br>Episode 8. 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