The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
by Arthur Conan Doyleliterary work· published 1904
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"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. It was first published in Collier's in the United States on 30 April 1904, and in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in May 1904.
Adaptations (2)
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons has been adapted 2 times, across film and television film, from 1944 to 2017. The most recent is The Six Thatchers (2017).
The Pearl of Death1944 · film · 69 min · dir. Roy William Neill · IMDb ↗IMDb7.1The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.
