The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

Doyle, Conan Sir Authur

ISBN 10: 0330248456 / ISBN 13: 9780330248457

Published by Pan, London, 1977

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
• Publisher: Pan, London
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330248456
• ISBN 13: 9780330248457
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition: 1st Thus
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Having killed off Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began a new series of tales on a very different theme. Brigadier Gerard is an officer in Napoleon's army—recklessly brave, engagingly openhearted, and unshakable, if not a little absurd, in his devotion to the enigmatic Emperor. The Brigadier's wonderful comic adventures, long established in the affections of Conan Doyle's admirers as second only to those of the incomparable Holmes, are sure to find new devotees among the ardent fans of such writers as Patrick O'Brian and George MacDonald Fraser.

About the Author

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. Sent off to boarding school, he cut his teeth as a story-teller amusing his schoolmates with tales and writing letters home to his mother. He practiced medicine and, in 1900, volunteered as a medic in Africa during the Boer War - he was later knighted for his service. Doyle lost a son, two brothers in law, and two nephews to the Great War. He is remembered for the Sherlock Holmes stories and his novel The Lost World.