Synopsis
Poirot undertakes to solve twelve final cases, providing they correspond with the labours of his namesake the Greek hero Hercules.
Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires - to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake…
In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet – reasoned the detective – like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.
So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot made up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed ‘Labours’. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.
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Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.
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The Labours Of Hercules
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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0007280513
ISBN 13: 9780007280513
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Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition thus (preceded by the 1947 hardcover release among many others) first printing of an as new facsimile hardcover in an as new dustjacket, with the publisher's wrap-around-band present. 11 previously published short stories and one new one for this collection, 1939-1947 featuring Hercule Poirot a Belgian P.I. operating in London England UK. Considered the 26th book in this series. Identical to the first edition. This author's books have been adapted many times, including parts of this one. A somewhat scarce item especially in this condition. Seller Inventory # 2848