The Six Napoleons: It Got Better

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Title: The Six Napoleons: It Gets Better
Author: gardnerhill
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary: Even a stubborn bulldog can learn new tricks.

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“’Sallow’,” Lestrade murmured. “’Rat-faced’.”

Watson’s smile bore a hint of teeth. “Well? You learned not to take credit for someone else’s success without consent.”

“Oh Lord, did I.” The inspector held out his glass. “Heard snickering behind me for weeks after that bleeding Beeton’s came out.”

Holmes refilled, laughing. “You were the first, but not the last, to underestimate Watson.”

The Six Napoleons

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Author: okapi1895
Title: The Six Napoleons

Rating: G

“…Conk-Singleton…Watson?”

His final utterance woke me from a thought, which I voiced.

“It’s interesting how a well-placed blow to plaster can reveal something so rare and precious whilst a bit of sincere praise and esteem does the same to something presumably as intractable.”

A smile twitched on his lips.

“My dear Watson, how you do love your metaphors. Now, Conk-Singleton…”

Canon Discussion: The Six Napoleons

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This week we’re having a look at The Six Napoleons. I’ve typed up a few thoughts and questions to get the discussion going—please leave your own ideas in the comments!

( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Six Napoleons

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Welcome once again to my poetry page!

I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative and then be inspired to write a poem related to it in some way. All forms of poetry are permitted, and further down the page there is a selection you might like to consider using over the coming weeks.

This week my featured form is the rime couée. It is a kind of sestet.

( Definition and Example )

As always, this is simply something to consider for the future. Any form of poetry is welcome this week—and every week! Here are a few suggestions for you:

221B verselet, abecedarian poetry, acrostic poetry, alexandrine, blackout poetry, call and response, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, englyn, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, pantoum, poem cycle, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by The Six Napoleons in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Six Napoleons: A Cover-Up

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Canon Story: The Six Napoleons
Title: A Cover-Up
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: ...the shop of Morse Hudson, who has a place for the sale of pictures and statues…


The tall customer seemed familiar somehow.

“I need a large print,” he said. “To cover an area of… charred wallpaper.”

Morse Hudson considered. “The Death of Chatterton, perhaps?”

“Perfect. Send it to⸺” The gentleman paused abruptly. “Tell me—you’re not related to a Mrs. Hudson? Of Baker Street..?”

“Well, no,” frowned Morse Hudson.

“Thank God for that,” muttered the gentleman.



[A/N: The model used for The Death of Chatterton was a young George Meredith, and it is of course canon that Holmes was an admirer of his (see BOSC).]

The Six Napoleons: Trade Advertisement

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Canon Story: The Six Napoleons
Title: Trade Advertisement (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G
O/N: We are delighted to inform our readers that our normal exemplary service has now been resumed.

Join with us in celebrating our gracious Queen Victoria’s jubilee.  We have an excellent stock of ornamental plates, celebration mugs, milk jugs, tea pots and china beakers, which would grace any dresser.  All made of high quality porcelain at very reasonable prices.

Also recently arrived: busts of famous men including Wellington, Napoleon and Disraeli amongst others.  Further stock added daily.