East Africa is a name sometimes used to refer to the countries Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.[1] In the works by Agatha Christie East Africa is more often used than the name of the three individual countries. No stories by the author takes place in the region, but several character and events are connected to East Africa.
East Africa in the works by Agatha Christie[]
- Sir Henry Tomlinson, a former employer of Edward Masterman, left England for East Africa. (Murder on the Orient Express)
- The military career of Major Charles Wilbraham took place in East Africa. (The Case of the Discontented Soldier)
- The Blackbird Mine is located somewhere in East Africa. Lance Fortescue and his wife lived there as well. (A Pocket Full of Rye)
- Betty Beresford lives in East Africa. (N or M?)