Novel Murder: Orient and Agatha Christie

novel murder: The train also entered popular culture, playing a central role in celebrated books and movies, not least Agatha Christie's 1930s novel Murder on the Orient Express, which has inspired several films, according to The Japan Times. The brand name was acquired by the French rail operator SNCF, which has now, at huge expense, restored original Orient Express cars and is mulling re-launching the service. And who knows, maybe a mysterious murder along the way deep in the night . . . ; The last true Orient Express traveled from Paris to Istanbul in 1977, drawing the curtain on almost a century of taking travelers on the fabled route from Western Europe to the shores of the Bosphorus in Turkey. SNCF is this week exhibiting seven original cars at Gare de l'Est station in Paris, which have been returned to their original splendor after seven years of restoration. The cars display the height of luxury, with plush armchairs for seats, immaculately varnished wooden tables and art deco fittings. Three are dining cars that were used on the actual Orient Express in its heyday; the four others were used on routes run by the company in the south of France and other European routes. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.