THE LABOURS OF HERCULES is a mixture of mystery, adventure, and an unexpected literary conceit. Agatha Christie transforms the ancient Greek mythology of the twelve labours of Hercules into a modern mythology and of the twelve labours of Hercules (Poirot). And the result is quite charming/5. More about this collection. Hercule Poirot resolves to take on twelve final cases before retirement and each one corresponds to one of the twelve labours of his Greek namesake. The short stories were initially serialised from in the Strand Magazine in the UK and This Week and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine in the US (under different titles). The Capture of Cerberu s was rejected by the UK . The Labors of Hercules is really several smaller cases of Poirot. All the cases are written with the expert details of Agatha Christie and we really enjoyed the book/5().
The stories are all Christie gems, usually leading the reader astray and ending with a surprise twist. It is also amusing to see the Poirot interpretation of the labors, the lion becomes a Pekinese dog, the harpies harmless old women etc. This is a good book to take on a trip, the short story format lends itself to reading in interrupted spurts. The Labours of Hercules. The Labours of Hercules is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in and in the UK by Collins Crime Club in September of the same year. The U.S. edition retailed at $ and the UK edition at eight shillings and sixpence (8/6). The Labours of Hercules (Hercule Poirot, #27), Agatha Christie The Labours of Hercules is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in In the Foreword to the volume, Poirot declares that he will carefully choose the cases to conform to the mythological sequence of the Twelve Labours of Hercules (The Nemean Lion, The Lernaean Hydra, The Arcadian Deer, The.
The labours of Hercules by Christie, Agatha, Publication date Topics Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character), Private investigators Publisher. the labours of hercules - agatha bltadwin.ru the labours of hercules - agatha bltadwin.ru Sign In. Details. The Labours of Hercules is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in and in the UK by Collins Crime Club in September of the same year. The U.S. edition retailed at $ and the UK edition at eight shillings and sixpence (8/6).
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