Five Little Pigs - Facts

 

Amyas's mother was a big fan of Kingsley, the writer, and he was named after one of his characters. Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. Westward Ho! is an 1855 historical novel written by British author Charles Kingsley. It follows the adventures of Amyas Leigh, an unruly child who as a young man follows Francis Drake to sea. 

Poirot mentions Dr Crippen, a murderer. Hawley Harvey Crippen (11 September 1862 – 23 November 1910), colloquially known as Dr. Crippen, was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser who was hanged in Pentonville Prison, London, for the murder of his second wife, Cora Henrietta Crippen. 

The poison used to kill Amyas was coniine. Coniine  is a highly toxic, colorless, oily liquid alkaloid found in poison hemlock, famously responsible for the death of Socrates. It acts as a potent neurotoxin by blocking nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, causing paralysis, respiratory failure, and death. 

One of Crale's paintings is at the Tate Gallery. Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. 

Cecilia Williams mentions Epstein, the sculptor. Sir Jacob Epstein (10 November 1880 – 21 August 1959) was an American and British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. 

Poirot asks Angela if on those days she was reading Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence, and she says she was. The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by Somerset Maugham, first published on 15 April 1919. It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator providing a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.