Other editions of book Brigadier Gerard: The Complete Collection

This volume contains the 18 adventures (in chronological order of publication, including the last one, The Marriage of the Brigadier), of one of Arthur Conan Doyle's most beloved character: Brigadier Gerard. All with the original 40+ illustrations prepared for the beautiful original editions. It also contains a novel, Uncle Bernac, in which Gerard appears as a major character in this short novel, which deals with the return of an exiled French aristocrat. Finally, it includes the short story ""A Foreign Office Romance", not a Gerard story but clearly prefigures the series in structure, character and theme. This French officer of the Napoleonic army, is considered one of Doyle's most iconic characters, together with Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger. The complete stories included are: BOOK ONE: THE EXPLOITS OF BRIGADIER GERARD 1. HOW THE BRIGADIER WON HIS MEDAL 2. HOW THE BRIGADIER HELD THE KING 3. HOW THE KING HELD THE BRIGADIER 4. HOW THE BRIGADIER SLEW THE BROTHERS OF AJACCIO 5. HOW THE BRIGADIER CAME TO THE CASTLE OF GLOOM 6. HOW THE BRIGADIER TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST THE MARSHAL MILLEFLEURS 7. HOW THE BRIGADIER WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL 8. HOW THE BRIGADIER PLAYED FOR A KINGDOM BOOK TWO: THE ADVENTURES OF GERARD 9. HOW THE BRIGADIER SLEW THE FOX [THE CRIME OF THE BRIGADIER] 10. HOW BRIGADIER GERARD LOST HIS EAR 11. HOW THE BRIGADIER SAVED THE ARMY 12. HOW THE BRIGADIER RODE TO MINSK 13. HOW THE BRIGADIER BORE HIMSELF AT WATERLOO— THE STORY OF THE FOREST INN 14. HOW THE BRIGADIER BORE HIMSELEF AT WATERLOO— THE STORY OF THE NINE PRUSSIAN HORSEMEN 15. HOW THE BRIGADIER TRIUMPHED IN ENGLAND 16. HOW THE BRIGADIER CAPTURED SARAGOSSA (HOW THE BRIGADIER JOINED THE HUSSARS OF CONFLANS) 17. THE LAST ADVENTURE OF THE BRIGADIER 18. THE MARRIAGE OF THE BRIGADIER BOOK THREE: UNCLE BERNAC (a novel): A MEMORY OF THE EMPIRE BOOK FOUR A Foreign Office Romance (short story)

The Adventures of Gerard is a compilation of short stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote regarding a French Brigadier named Etienne Gerard who thinks very highly of himself as can be reflected in how he told his stories. The book is divided into chapters containing different segments of his life as a soldier under the leadership of Napoleon together with his personal exploits and the romance that swept his way in between. Typical of war stories, some depicts bloody encounters with his enemies and how he was able to escape those encounters. However, there were soft moments particularly his encounter with women along the way even if she is from their enemy.Brigadier Gerard is the hero of a series of historical short stories by the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity – he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest soldier, greatest swordsman, most accomplished horseman and most gallant lover in all France. Gerard is not entirely wrong, since he displays notable bravery on many occasions, but his self-satisfaction undercuts this quite often. Obsessed with honour and glory, he is always ready with a stirring speech or a gallant remark to a lady. Conan Doyle, in making his hero a vain, and often rather uncomprehending, Frenchman, was able to satirise both the stereotypical English view of the French and – by presenting them from Gerard's baffled point of view – English manners and attitudes....Gerard tells the stories from the point of view of an old man now living in retirement in Paris. We discover that he was born in Gascony in the early 1780s (he is 25 in "How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa"). In "How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk" he attends a review of troops about to depart for the Crimea (1854–5), and this is the last identifiable date in his life, although "The Last Adventure of the Brigadier" has a still later setting, with Gerard about to return to his Gascon homeland. He first joins the 2nd Hussars – the Hussars of Chamberan – around 1799, serving as a lieutenant and junior captain. He first sees action at Marengo in Italy in 1800. He transfers to the 3rd Hussars of Conflans in 1807 as a senior captain. He speaks somewhat idiosyncratic English, having learned it from an officer of the Irish Brigade of the French Army. By 1810 he is colonel of the 2nd Hussars. He serves in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Russia. He is awarded the Grand-Cross of the Légion d'honneur by Napoleon in 1814. There are various discrepancies in the accounts of his life, not the least that in none of the stories except the last is he married. Conan Doyle enthusiasts have noted that Gerard is modelled on the real-life Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcellin de Marbot, a noted French light cavalry officer during the Napoleonic Wars. Conan Doyle wrote with great affection about Marbot's memoirs in Through the Magic Door. The fictional Gerard is not to be confused with the real Napoleonic officer Etienne Maurice Gérard (1777–1852), who rose to become a Marshal and later Prime Minister of France.... Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, nonfiction and historical novels.

Famous for his literary creation Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle brought other characters to notably forceful life upon the page, including that brilliant battler well-hated by the English of Wellington's Army -- the Brigadier Gerard!I have seen a great many cities, my friends. I would not dare to tell you how many I have entered as a conqueror, with eight hundred of my little fighting devils clanking and jingling behind me!So begin the adventures of a band of French Hussars during "that inconceivable Napoleonic past when France, like an angel of wrath, rose up, splendid and terrible, before a cowering continent."

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - I hope that some readers may possibly be interested in these little tales of the Napoleonic soldiers to the extent of following them up to the springs from which they flow. The age was rich in military material, some of it the most human and the most picturesque that I have ever read. Setting aside historical works or the biograp-hies of the leaders there is a mass of evidence written by the actual fighting men themselves, which describes their feelings and their experiences, stated always from the point of view of the particular branch of the service to which they belonged. The Cavalry were particularly happy in their writers of memoirs. Thus De Rocca in his "Memoires sur la guerre des Francais en Espagne" has given the narrative of a Hussar, while De Naylies in his "Memoires sur la guerre d'Espagne" gives the same campaigns from the point of view of the Dragoon. Then we have the "Souvenirs Militaires du Colonel de Gonneville," which treats a series of wars, including that of Spain, as seen from under the steel-brimmed hair-crested helmet of a Cuirassier. Pre-eminent among all these works, and among all military memoirs, are the famous reminiscences of Marbot, which can be obtained in an English form. Marbot was a Chasseur, so again we obtain the Cavalry point of view. Among other books which help one to an understanding of the Napoleonic soldier I would specially recommend "Les Cahiers du Capitaine Coignet," which treat the wars from the point of view of the private of the Guards, and "Les Memoires du Sergeant Bourgoyne," who was a non-commissioned officer in the same corps. The Journal of Sergeant Fricasse and the Recollections of de Fezenac and of de Segur complete the materials from which I have worked in my endeavour to give a true historical and military atmosphere to an imaginary figure.

"Have I ever told you, my friends, the circumstances connected with my joining the Hussars of Conflans at the time of the siege of Saragossa and the very remarkable exploit which I performed in connection with the taking of that city? No? Then you have indeed something still to learn. I will tell it to you exactly as it occurred. Save for two or three men and a score or two of women, you are the first who have ever heard the story." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic "The Adventures of Gerard" originally published in 1903. A true literary gem.

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library.

Napoleon's presumptuous, but unsung hero, the Brigadier Gerard faces certain death at every turn while outwitting the enemies of France! Gerard careens across Europe, swept along in the ebb and flow of the Napoleonic wars. This series of eight stories includes:How Brigadier Gerard Lost His EarHow the Brigadier Captured SaragossaHow the Brigadier Slew the FoxHow the Brigadier Saved the ArmyHow the Brigadier Triumphed in EnglandHow the Brigadier Rode to MinskHow the Brigadier Bore Himself at WaterlooThe Last Adventure of the Brigadier