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| The Labours of Hercules: 12 Hercule Poirot Mysteries | 
| Author: Agatha Christie
Creator: Hugh Fraser
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
Category: Book
List Price: $31.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 52325
Format: Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.2 x 5.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 1572704578
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
UPC: 601531545727
EAN: 9781572704572
ASIN: 1572704578
Publication Date: July 10, 2005
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Book Description
First published in book form in 1947, The Labours of Hercules comprises an even dozen mysteries starring Christie's most popular sleuth, the ever-dignified Hercule Poirot. The introductory chapter of the collection sets up the rest of the book. At a dinner party, another guest compares the labors of Poirot to those of Hercules, and the little Belgian is not amused. He has already decided to retire, but makes up his mind to take on 12 great cases — each somehow reflecting the labors accomplished by Hercules — as a farewell to crime solving. All of the cases are quite different from each other, from searching for a lost poet to hunting down a particularly ferocious murderer, from solving mysterious deaths of religious cult members to saving a young would-be politician from potential blackmailers. Frequent Christie interpreter Hugh Fraser brings stories like "The Cretan Bull" and "The Apples of the Hesperides" to dazzling life.
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You can't go wrong with the classics April 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The 12 labors is a fun audio presentation. I think it is a creative and illuminating book that presents Hercule in a good light. It occasionally gives insight into his thinking process, which sounds great, but in practice slows everything down. The reader / listener actually wants to be surprised by his thinking process, and then enjoy it afterwards, not during the actual solving. In all the books I've listened to, this is the only one where that happens, so I still recommend it highly.
pretty good December 22, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
These are twelve short stories of about half an hour each. Many are split between two CDs. Since they are short stories, the plot and character development is not as extensive as in novels.
Hugh does a good job of changing his voice for each character which makes following the story easy.
Great Service and Good Product May 11, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Can't get enough of the Hercule Poirot Mysteries? You've probably already experienced Hercule Poirot in book form, DVD version and on television, but here's a fourth method. It is great fun. I just pop one of these disks in my car CD player and my tedious communute to and from work becomes a time of pure enjoyment as I roll along the highway. The Labours Of Hercule Poirot is by far my favorite. As usual, Amazon did a great job of processing and mailing me this order in a timely manner. I highly recommend this product.
Agatha Christie Fan March 7, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am probably too biased to review anything done by Agatha Christie. The story is well read, easy to understand and provided hours of enjoyable listening. Hercule Poiret, although not my favorite Christie character, is still an excellent character.
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