Sherlock Holmes - Die sechs Napoleons: London Crime Stories

Geschrieben von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle und Stefan Flemming

Erzählt von Christoph Jablonka

..ein ganz besonderes Puzzle.. Lesung mit musikalischem Feature in neuer Übersetzung. Kriminalroman-Serie von Arthur Conan Doyle um den weltberühmten Detektiv Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson und deren teils kniffeligen Fälle und Abenteuer. Die sechs Napoleons. Es war nichts Ungewöhnliches, dass Mr. Lestrade vom Scotland Yard bei Dr. Watson und Sherlock Holmes zu einem abendlichen Besuch vorbeikam und wie beiläufig über eine absurde und mysteriöse Angelegenheit berichtete. Ein zweifellos Wahnsinniger treibt sein Unwesen und zerstört am helllichten Tage eine Napoleon-Büste – ein klarer Fall von Vandalismus – am darauf folgenden Tag jedoch begeht der vermutlich gleiche Täter sogar zwei Einbrüche und zerstört dabei zwei weitere Napoleon-Büsten – ein Irrer? Als dann auch noch ein Mord geschieht, nimmt der Fall eine ernste Wendung... Innerhalb weniger Tage wurden vier Büsten zerstört und ein Mord begangen – was steckt hinter diesem Rätsel? Die Zeitungen berichten von einem Napoleonwahn... ist dies die richtige Fährte? Sherlock Holmes nimmt sich des Falles an - jede noch so unwichtig erscheinende Beobachtung wird registriert und zum passenden Zeitpunkt meisterhaft ins Puzzle eingefügt.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: andante media HÖRARCHIV
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29. Mai 2024

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British author and physician best known for his creation of the characters of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, penning four novels and fifty-six short stories about the crime-fighting duo. Born in 1859 in Edinburgh, Doyle was the son of a confirmed alcoholic and his family was often scattered among different houses as young Arthur grew up. Thankfully, Doyle had rich uncles to support him and he was given a fine education and, after receiving his medical degree, he was hired on as a ship's surgeon aboard the SS Mayumba. Returning to England, he set up a medical practice and continued to study various subjects including botany, ophthalmology and?fiction writing. He penned a number of short stories during this time and, after his medical practice failed, Doyle had even more free time to write. In 1886, Doyle created the characters of Holmes and Watson for the short story A Study in Scarlet. His new hero proved to be enormously successful and he began publishing Holmes stories in The Strand magazine on a regular basis. Doyle soon tired of Holmes, however, and he famously killed off Holmes and his arch nemesis Professor Moriarty by having them both plunge to their deaths off the Reichenbach Falls. Holmes fans across the world were devastated by the loss of their favorite detective and pestered Doyle to return to Baker Street and create more stories. Doyle finally relented, writing The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901 and, in 1903, resuming the Holmes series of short stories with The Adventure of the Empty House, in which it is revealed that only Moriarty was actually killed at the Falls. He would continue to write Holmes and Watson stories until the late 1920's. Apart from the Holmes fiction, Doyle was enormously prolific as a writer, penning an entire science fiction series about Professor Challenger as well as plays, romances, historical novels, poetry and non-fiction as well. Doyle died of a heart attack at the age of 71 on July 17, 1930 in Sussex.