Excerpt - page 186: "Near Eastern extension of the OrientExpress used to terminate in Aleppo, and the rich and famous travelling on it generally ended up staying in the Baron. The old leather-bound ... Theodore Roosevelt and Agatha Christie, who wrote the first part of Murder on the OrientExpress while staying here"
Excerpt - page 497: " ... refuse the right hand of friendship to my cousin, John Herncastle.' Murder on the OrientExpress (1934), by Agatha Christie: 'It was five o'clock on a winter's morning in Syria"
Excerpt - page 74: " ... stayed here often in the years 1924-33 and is said to have written Murder on the OrientExpress in Room 411. Over the years, the hotel has also been ... "
Excerpt - page 2: " ... also appeared in a film, OrientExpress, the screen version of Graham Greene's novel Stamboul Train. And the fateful snowstorm in Murder on the OrientExpress"