Books with title Labours of Hercules

Like The Labors of Hercules, the twelve cases Poirot must solve in this captivating collection of short crime fiction stories are dangerous, demanding, and positively ingenious.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 makes up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed “Labors.” Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.

Ancient Greek Mythology is a rich source of material for fiction stories. For each major incident recorded in the ancient texts, over the years there have been dozens of different interpretations...Well now you can add a few more!"Hercules' First Six Labours" presents six short stories that will entertain all ages from Mid-Teens up to Young Adult, and any ages above!Real names of people and places from the ancient writings have been used.Every incident used in these stories is actually recorded in the ancient writings.The incidents used in "Hercules' First Six Labours" are not necessarily in correct sequence.Sex was always high on the list of topics in the ancient writings, and just has to be included for faifhfulness. However, I have not gone overboard on this, but have used terms such as, "made love until dawn", "impregnated her with twin sons". There is nothing written that I would be ashamed of showing to my children.

Like The Labors of Hercules, the twelve cases Poirot must solve in this captivating collection of short crime fiction stories are dangerous, demanding, and positively ingenious. 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 makes up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed "Labors." Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.

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 'Labors'. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction. Hercule Poirot can't resist the lure of a seemingly unsolvable series of recent crimes--from a lost Pekinese to a man driven mad by love to a gentleman poisoned by gossip.