The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir; Edwards, Owen Dudley

• ISBN13: 9780862413415
• ISBN10: 0862413419
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd

Summary

You do very well my friends to treat me with some little reverence for in honouring me you are honouring both France and yourselves. It is not merely an old grey-moustached officer whom you see eating his omelette or draining his glass but it is a fragment of history.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
The Medal of Brigadier Gerard	p. 5
How the Brigadier Held the King	p. 33
How the King Held the Brigadier	p. 61
How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio	p. 87
How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom	p. 113
How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs	p. 139
How the Brigadier Was Tempted by the Devil	p. 167
How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom	p. 193
The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
The Crime of the Brigadier	p. 219
How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear	p. 235
How the Brigadier Saved the Army	p. 259
How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk	p. 283
Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo: I. The Adventure of the Forest Inn	p. 305
Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo: II. The Adventure of the Nine Prussian Horsemen	p. 325
The Brigadier in England	p. 347
How the Brigadier Joined the Hussars of Conflans	p. 367
How Etienne Gerard Said Good-bye to His Master	p. 391
The Marriage of the Brigadier	p. 407
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