“The Adventure of the Six Napoleons” is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle (1865-1930). First published in 1904, it tells one of the most intriguing Sherlock Holmes’ adventures. This edition also contains a choice of Conan Doyle’s best aphorisms and an essay on the invention of Sherlock Holmes’ character written by Harold Emery Jones (1875-1909) in 1904.