The Labours of Hercules
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Narrated by:
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Hugh Fraser
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Agatha Christie
About this listen
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.
©1947 Agatha Christie Limited. A Chorion Company. All rights reserved (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London UKListeners also enjoyed...
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- Dani
- 23-12-21
Always
As always excellent rendition by Fraser , and great twists and turns in the plots .thank you
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- Alex
- 08-07-14
Much enjoyed
What made the experience of listening to The Labours of Hercules the most enjoyable?
Short stories would seem to be Agatha Christie's forte, and these do not disappoint. The stories themselves are highly enjoyable and relatively easy to follow, and the narration is excellent. These stories can be listened to time and again without boredom beginning to sink in, and I would highly recommend this audiobook to any Christie fan.
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- Kenneth Mazey
- 04-02-20
Excellent Agatha Christie
An entertaining collection of short stories well narrated and easy to listen to. A must for any AC fan
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- dave
- 22-01-23
Excellent
Just as excellent as you would expect from the author, and the excellent narration of Hugh Frazer
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- Shopaholic
- 03-04-15
Labours of Hercule poirot
Hugh Fraser narrated it very well. It was an intresting book with twelve different stories all done very well I really enjoyed listening to it.
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- Shabbir D
- 25-01-17
Great bedtime reading
Nice set of mysteries to solve for Hercule Poirot. Enjoyed it and perfect for bedtime reading.
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- Sally Alp
- 26-10-14
It wasn't a labour to read!!!!
What did you like most about The Labours of Hercules?
How Agatha has linked her hero to that mythical Hercules' stories. Very clever!!!!!
What does Hugh Fraser bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Hugh Fraser brings Hercule alive.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not able to read in one sitting. To busy for that!!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 09-07-23
excellent Christie read by Hugh Fraser
These stories are brilliant and beautifully read by Hugh Fraser. I would highly recommend
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- TheDude
- 29-09-19
Wonderful stuff, on the whole. Remember, it’s just light entertainment.
Some of the many individual short stories (there is an overarching theme) were a tad light, but overall an enjoyable listen.
I like Hugh Fraser’s narration - even if his changes of accent are a bit wobbly at times. But, of course, nothing is perfect without the marvellous David Suchet.
BTW - The screenplay for the TV version by Guy Richards did a superb job of incorporating a few of the stories into a single tale in the one location. One of my favourite episodes as it’s often very funny in a surreal fashion.
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- nox
- 02-01-20
Superb!
Fantastic collection of stories. Expertly narrated.
Highly recommended, Perfect Agatha Christie but with a spin.
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