The Gate of Baghdad is a short story by author Agatha Christie. - AsNotedIn
'Four great gates has the city of Damascus...'Mr Parker Pyne repeated Flecker's lines softly to himself.'Postern of Fate, the Desert Gate, Disaster's Cavern, Fort of Fear, The Portal of Baghdad am I, the Doorway of Diarbekir.' He was standing in the streets of Damascus and drawn up outside the Oriental Hotel he saw one of the huge six-wheeled Pullmans that was to transport him and eleven other people across the desert to Baghdad on the morrow.
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1932/00/00 | Edward G Budd Co | Coach Manufacturer | Marmon-Herrington partners with the Edward G Budd Co to produce the largest truck-and-trailer bus combinations in the world. Engineered for Middle East oil pipe operations, these heavy-duty overland vehicles revolutionized trans-desert travel. | ||||
| 1932/00/00 | Nairn Transport Company converts two Marmon-Herrington oilfield pipe carriers into "Desert Pullman" articulated buses. Each capable of carrying about 40 passengers and their luggage. | ||||||
| 1933/04/00 | Parker Pyne | Private Detective | On holiday, Parker Pyne travels across the Syrian Desert from Damascus to Baghdad by a Pullman motor coach. | ||||
| 1933/04/00 | Agatha Christie | Author | "The Gate of Baghdad" with four other Parker Pyne stories are published in Cosmopolitan under a sub-heading "Have You Got Everything You Want? If Not Consult Mr Parker Pyne". Illustrated by Marshall Frantz, issue 562. | ||||
| 1933/06/00 | Nash's Pall Mall Magazine | Publisher | Christie's "The Gate of Baghdad" is published in issue 481 of Nash's Pall Mall Magazine in June 1933 under the sub-heading of The Arabian Nights of Parker Pyne. |
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| Language | Beano | British slang "to have a party, celebration or thoroughly good time" | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Mystery | something not understood or beyond understanding | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Literary Metaphor | Postern of Fate | hidden opening to the past | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Art Type | Short Story | short form narrative fiction | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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