The Labors of Hercules
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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 n the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.
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Agatha Christie. (2006). The Labors of Hercules. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Agatha Christie. 2006. The Labors of Hercules. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Agatha Christie, The Labors of Hercules. HarperCollins, 2006.
MLA Citation (style guide)Agatha Christie. The Labors of Hercules. HarperCollins, 2006.
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Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.
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"A finely shaped book, richly devious and quite brilliant—by far the best volume of Poirot shorts." — San Francisco Chronicle
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