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The story follows Holmes as he investigates a puzzling series of incidents where a man repeatedly smashes plaster busts of Napoleon, with no apparent motive beyond destruction. It was first published in Collier's in the US on April 30, 1904, and in The Strand Magazine in the UK in May 1904.

The Napoleonic Wars saw fighting on an unprecedented scale in Europe and the Americas. It took the wealth of the British Empire, combined with the might of the continental armies, almost two decades to bring down one of the world's greatest military leaders and the empire that he had created. Napoleon's ultimate defeat was to determine the history of Europe for almost 100 years. From the frozen wastelands of Russia, through the brutal fighting in the Peninsula to the blood-soaked battlefield of Waterloo, this book tells the story of the dramatic rise and fall of the Napoleonic Empire.

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard brings Holmes a mysterious problem about a man who shatters plaster busts of Napoleon. One was shattered in Morse Hudson's shop, and two others, sold by Hudson to a Dr. Barnicot, were smashed after the doctor's house and branch office had been burgled. Nothing else was taken. In the former case, the bust was taken outside before being broken.

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard brings Holmes a mysterious problem about a man who shatters plaster busts of Napoleon. One was shattered in Morse Hudson's shop, and two others, sold by Hudson to a Dr. Barnicot, were smashed after the doctor's house and branch office had been burgled. Nothing else was taken. In the former case, the bust was taken outside before being broken.

1813 tobt bei Leipzig die größte Schlacht seit Menschengedenken. Es geht um den Fortbestand oder das Ende von Napoleons Vorherrschaft...

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes.Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard brings Holmes a mysterious problem about a man who shatters plaster busts of Napoleon. One was shattered in Morse Hudson's shop, and two others, sold by Hudson to a Dr. Barnicot, were smashed after the doctor's house and branch office had been burgled. Nothing else was taken. In the former case, the bust was taken outside before being broken.

"The Adventure of the Six Napoleons", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard brings Holmes a mysterious problem about a man who shatters plaster busts of Napoleon. One was shattered in Morse Hudson's shop, and two others, sold by Hudson to a Dr. Barnicot, were smashed after the doctor's house and branch office had been burgled. Nothing else was taken. In the former case, the bust was taken outside before being broken.

When Dr. Watson returns to London from a weekend seminar, he finds hat Sherlock Holmes has been arrested. Inspector Lestrade refers Watson to a questionable psychiatric hospital where Holmes is jailed for mental incapacity.

Alexandre Dumas (der Ältere) ist bekannt durch Romane wie "Die drei Musketiere" und "Der Graf von Monte Christo". "Napoleon Bonaparte" ist ein historischer Roman über den französischen Feldherrn. Inmitten in das revolutionsschwangere Korsika geboren, zeigte sich das strategische und militärische Geschick Napoleon Bonapartes schon im Jugendalter. Als Erwachsener begann er bald, sich Ruhm und Ehre als General der Revolutionsarmeen zu verdienen, was ihn letztendlich zum französischen Kaiser machte - zu dem er sich selbst krönte.

"The Adventure of the Six Napoleons", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard brings Holmes a mysterious problem about a man who shatters plaster busts of Napoleon. One was shattered in Morse Hudson's shop, and two others, sold by Hudson to a Dr. Barnicot, were smashed after the doctor's house and branch office had been burgled. Nothing else was taken. In the former case, the bust was taken outside before being broken.

A lunatic is roaming London, seeking out and smashing Napoleonic sculpted busts. Holmes wonders, is he as addled as he seems, or is there a method to his madness?

Someone is destroying small busts of Napoleon Bonaparte. At first merely a nuisance, vandalism quickly turns to murder after one of the statue owners finds a dead man on his doorstep beside a smashed statue. Reasoning his way back to the source of the statues, Holmes determines that there is more to this case than just antipathy toward the great French leader. Can Holmes and Watson solve the mystery before the bust buster strikes again?

When Dr. Watson returns to London from a weekend seminar, he finds hat Sherlock Holmes has been arrested. Inspector Lestrade refers Watson to a questionable psychiatric hospital where Holmes is jailed for mental incapacity.

This is a story from The Return of Sherlock Holmes I collection.

The destruction of duplicate plaster casts of the famous head of Napoleon by the French sculptor, Devine, becomes more than a mere curiosity to Sherlock Holmes when a murder is committed during the commission of one of the crimes. The case begins at the shop of Morse Hudson, who has a place for the sale of pictures and statues in the Kennington Road. The burglaries and destructions escalate until, with the brutal slaying, it becomes obvious that the value of the plaster effigies extends beyond a mere hatred of Napoleon.

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Alexandre Dumas (der Ältere) ist bekannt durch Romane wie "Die drei Musketiere" und "Der Graf von Monte Christo". "Napoleon Bonaparte" ist ein historischer Roman über den französischen Feldherrn. Inmitten in das revolutionsschwangere Korsika geboren, zeigte sich das strategische und militärische Geschick Napoleon Bonapartes schon im Jugendalter. Als Erwachsener begann er bald, sich Ruhm und Ehre als General der Revolutionsarmeen zu verdienen, was ihn letztendlich zum französischen Kaiser machte - zu dem er sich selbst krönte.

In London treibt ein Wahnsinniger sein Unwesen, der wahllos Büsten des französischen Kaisers Napoleon zerstört. Inspektor Lestrade von Scotland Yard ist ratlos. Als auch noch ein Mord geschieht, greift Sherlock Holmes ein. Und der hat seine Zweifel, ob es sich bei dem Napoleon-Büsten-Mörder tatsächlich um einen Wahnsinnigen handelt.

Ein schwäbischer Maurer, ein Dorfschullehrer aus dem Hunsrück, ein Barbier aus der Pfalz: Soldaten unterschiedlichster Herkunft kämpften in den Napoleonischen Kriegen für die politischen Ziele des französischen Kaisers. Wie erlebten sie den Krieg? Karl J. Mayer gibt in diesem Hörbuch den einfachen Soldaten Stimme und Gesicht. Aus Tagebüchern und Briefen entsteht ein facettenreiches Bild vom Alltag der gemeinen Soldaten, angereichert mit Hintergrundinformationen zur Ereignisgeschichte der Zeit. Lesefassung des gleichnamigen Buches aus dem Primus Verlag.

In London treibt ein Wahnsinniger sein Unwesen, der wahllos Büsten des französischen Kaisers Napoleon zerstört. Inspektor Lestrade von Scotland Yard ist ratlos. Als auch noch ein Mord geschieht, greift Sherlock Holmes ein. Und der hat seine Zweifel, ob es sich bei dem Napoleonbüsten-Mörder tatsächlich um einen Wahnsinnigen handelt.