The Labours of Hercules (part 2 of 2)
by Agatha Christie
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Les Romains et les Grecs ont eu leur grand héros : Hercule. Les temps modernes ont leur grand détective : Poirot. Mais si Hercule se distinguait par sa force prodigieuse, Poirot, lui, est un cérébral — les petites cellules grises... Comme son illustre prédécesseur, il va nettoyer les écuries d'Augias, dompter le taureau de Crète, capturer Cerbère... et autres besognes éreintantes. Mais sans bouger un muscle. En réfléchissant. De là à dire que ses exploits surpassent ceux du mythique colosse, il n'y a qu'un pas. Que Poirot hésite à franchir. Après tout, il n'est que l'éblouissant successeur d'un demi-dieu…
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One of the most successful and beloved writer of mystery stories, Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was born in 1890 in Torquay, County Devon, England. She wrote her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920, launching a literary career that spanned decades. In her lifetime, she authored 79 crime novels and a short story collection, 19 show more plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language with another billion in 44 foreign languages. Some of her most famous titles include Murder on the Orient Express, Mystery of the Blue Train, And Then There Were None, 13 at Dinner and The Sittaford Mystery. Noted for clever and surprising twists of plot, many of Christie's mysteries feature two unconventional fictional detectives named Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. Poirot, in particular, plays the hero of many of her works, including the classic, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and Curtain (1975), one of her last works in which the famed detective dies. Over the years, her travels took her to the Middle East where she met noted English archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. They married in 1930. Christie accompanied Mallowan on annual expeditions to Iraq and Syria, which served as material for Murder in Mesopotamia (1930), Death on the Nile (1937), and Appointment with Death (1938). Christie's credits also include the plays, The Mousetrap and Witness for the Prosecution (1953; film 1957). Christie received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for 1954-1955 for Witness. She was also named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1971. Christie died in 1976. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Labours of Hercules (part 2 of 2) (part 2 of 2)
- Original title
- The labours of Hercules (2) (2)
- Original publication date
- 1939-1947
- People/Characters
- Hercule Poirot; Arthur Hastings
- First words*
- Der Kretische Stier: Hercule Poirot schaute seine Besucherin nachdenklich an.
Die Stuten des Diomedes: Das Telefon klingelte.
Der Gürtel der Hippolyta: Eines führt zum anderen, wie Hercule Poirot ohne Anspruch auf Originalität so gerne sagt.
Geryons Herde: Entschuldigen Sie vielmals, dass ich so eindringe, Monsieur Poirot.
Die Äpfel der Hesperiden: Hercule Poirot blickte nachdenklich in das Gesicht des Mannes an dem grossen Mahagonischreibtisch.
Die Gefangennahme des Zerberus: Hercule Poirot schwankte in der Untergrundbahn hin und her und dachte im stillen, dass es zu viele Menschen auf der Welt gibt. - Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Der Kretische Stier: Bald darauf hörten sie einen Schuss.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Die Stuten des Diomedes: "Was reden Sie da für einen Unsinn, Poirot", wehrte Michael Stoddart errötend ab.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Der Gürtel der Hippolyta: Monsieur Poirot, Sie müssen sich in mein Autogrammbuch einschreiben...
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Geryons Herde: "Er hatte vielleicht Angst, dass Sie wie er für 'Hercule Poirot sterben' würden", meinte Hercule Poirot lächelnd.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Die Äpfel der Hesperiden: Hercule Poirot antwortete nicht - denn er wusste, dass es darauf nichts mehr zu sagen gab.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Die Gefangennahme des Zerberus: In seinem Alter?... Das kann nicht sein... - Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- Die letzten Arbeiten des Herkules, aka Abschiedsvorstellung für Monsieur P. contains German translations of the last six stories from The Labours of Herkules.The first six are in Die ersten Arbeiten d... (show all)es Herkules aka Monsieur P. ist neugierig.
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