The Complete Brigadier Gerard Stories
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Arthur Conan Doyle. The Complete Brigadier Gerard Stories
Contents
EDITOR'S NOTE
Introduction. I
II
III
A Foreign Office Romance
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. 1. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOREST INN
Brigadier Gerard at Waterloo. 11. 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
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Introduction
Prologue: A Foreign Office Romance
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‘I could see that it was not my messenger, but a second one. Milord Hawkesbury caught the paper from his hand, and read it by the light of the carriage lamp. His face, monsieur, was as white as this plate before he had finished.
‘“Monsieur Otto,” he cried, “we have signed this treaty upon a false understanding. Egypt is in our hands.”
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