Red Classics Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

ISBN 10: 0141035862 / ISBN 13: 9780141035864

Published by Penguin, 2008

About this Item

London, 2008; illustrated paper covers; corners creased; crease at spine; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 488 pages.

Seller Inventory # SKU1175621

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Red Classics Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141035862
• ISBN 13: 9780141035864
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

There is no braver officer in Napoleon’s cavalry than étienne Gerard – especially in his own opinion. Whether kidnapped by gangs of brigands or outnumbered by enemy troops, the plucky little soldier is constantly gallant, chivalrous and ready to face any danger, even if he doesn’t always think before he acts.

With great gusto Gerard recounts the swashbuckling exploits and adventures of his glittering military career – carrying out secret missions for Napoleon, eluding capture by the Duke of Wellington, making a daring break from an English prison, rescuing ladies in distress, duelling to the death against the dastardly Baron Straubenthal and even saving the day at the Battle of Waterloo.

About the Author

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE was born on May 22, 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel A Study in Scarlet (1887). This was followed in 1889 by an historical novel, Micah Clarke. In 1893 Conan Doyle published 'The Final Problem' in which he killed off his famous detective so that he could turn his attention more towards historical fiction. However Holmes was so popular that Conan Doyle eventually relented and published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901. The events of the The Hound of the Baskervilles are set before those of 'The Final Problem' but in 1903 new Sherlock Holmes stories began to appear that revealed that the detective had not died after all. He was finally retired in 1927. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died on July 7, 1930.