Death on the Nile. A detective novel (1937) by Agatha Christie (1890–1976), involving Hercule POIROT. The setting is a cruise ship and the background stemmed from the author's interest in the work of her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan (1904–78), whom she married in 1930 after a divorce from her first husband. A film version (1978) was capably directed by John Guillermin and starred Peter Ustinov as Poirot.
How to cite this entry: "Death on the Nile" Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable. Edited by John Ayto and Ian Crofton. Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. 4 February 2012
