The exploits of Brigadier Gerard
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Series: Cosimo classics
Publisher: Cosimo
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781605201122
Subjects: France. Armee; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Etienne Gerard (Fictitious character); Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) fast (OCoLC)fst01032683; Armed Forces; France; Officers; English Adventure stories; Fiction
Description: "Etienne Gerard is a hero of the French army, a veteran of the Napoleonic wars, and a vain and boastful teller of tales that star himself and his exploits. This collection of satiric short stories, originally published in The Strand magazine in the late 1890s, includes ... lost comic classics from the creator of Sherlock Holmes ..."--Back cover.
Notes: Reprint of the novel originally published in 1896.
Table of contents: title: How the Brigadier came to the Castle of Gloom; title: How the Brigadier slew the brothers of Ajaccio; title: How the Brigadier held the King; title: How the King held the Brigadier; title: How the Brigadier took the field against the Marshall Millefleurs; title: How the Brigadier played for a kingdom; title: How the Brigadier won his Medal; title: How the Brigadier was tempted by the Devil.