Publication History
- 1940, Collins Crime Club (London), November 1940, Hardback, 256 pp
- 1941, Dodd Mead and Company (New York), February 1941, Hardback, 240 pp
- 1944, Pocket Books (New York), Paperback (Pocket number 249)
- 1956, Pan Books, Paperback, 192 pp (Pan number 380)
- 1959, Fontana Books (Imprint of HarperCollins), Paperback, 191 pp
- 1973, Ulverscroft Large-print Edition, Hardcover, 322 pp
- 2008, Poirot Facsimile Edition (Facsimile of 1940 UK First Edition), HarperCollins, April 1, 2008, Hardback, ISBN 0-00-727457-2
The book was first serialised in the US in Collier's Weekly in nine parts from August 3 (Volume 106, Number 5) to September 28, 1940 (Volume 106, Number 13) under the title The Patriotic Murders with illustrations by Mario Cooper.
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