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Exploits and adventures of Brigadier Gerard / Arthur Conan Doyle ; introduction by George MacDonald Fraser.
LIBRA - Special PR4622 .E96 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History, Military.
- France--History, Military--19th century--Fiction.
- France.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Fiction.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- Adventure stories, English.
- War stories, English.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Adventure stories, English.
- War stories, English.
- Military history.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xi, 417 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York Review Books, 2001.
- Summary:
- "The 17 stories collected here follow the title character, a swaggering soldier in Napoleon's army, famous for his bravery on the field of battle and his romantic forays with women."--Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
- The Medal of Brigadier Gerard
- How the Brigadier Held the King
- How the King Held the Brigadier
- How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio
- How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom
- How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs
- How the Brigadier Was Tempted by the Devil
- How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom
- The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
- The Crime of the Brigadier
- How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear
- How the Brigadier Saved the Army
- How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk
- Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo: I. The Adventure of the Forest Inn
- Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo: II. The Adventure of the Nine Prussian Horsemen
- The Brigadier in England
- How the Brigadier Joined the Hussars of Conflans
- How Etienne Gerard Said Good-bye to His Master
- The Marriage of the Brigadier.
- ISBN:
- 0940322730
- 9780940322738
- OCLC:
- 45661685
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