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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN: 9780141035864
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
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There is no braver officer in Napoleon's cavalry than etienne 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.
There is no braver officer in Napoleon's cavalry than etienne 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.
| ISBN | 0141035862 | | Pages | 496 | | ISBN13 | 9780141035864
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 310 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Series title | Pocket Penguin Classics | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 181 | | Publication date | 29 May 2008 | | Width (mm) | 114 | | DEWEY | 823.912 | | Spine width (mm) | 29 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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"In its pages you will find adventure, action, romance, love and self-sacrifice, hair's-breadth escape and reckless courage, gallantry, panache and a droll, backhand humor that rivals that of P.G. Wodehouse. You will also find yourself, even more than with the celebrated stories of Holmes and Watson, in the hands of an indisputable artist. For more than any other adventure stories I know, these stories have a power to move the reader." -- Michael Chabon on NPR's "You Must Read This"."..One of the cleverest of Conan Doyle's lighter works, full of spirit, ingenuity, and drollery." -- "The New York Times""Brigadier Gerard is, after Holmes and Watson, Conan Doyle's most successful literary creation." -- Julian Symons
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