Agatha Christie: Taken at the Flood [2003] Condition:New The year that diplomacy failed

The year that diplomacy failed

and the bloody gambles in Sarajevo and Mons

How to Fight a Dragon's Fury

Mingling the experiences of humbler folk with the statesmen on whom their lives depended

And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for

Agatha Christie: Taken at the Flood [2003] Condition:New The year that diplomacy failedPart of the new look for Hercule Poirot titles for the 21st century. Read by Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings in the popular TV series. A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune. Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man's sister in law