The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars whose most notable attribute is his vanity. 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.
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Arthur Conan Doyle. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
Arthur Conan Doyle & Brigadier Gerard
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How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom
How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio
How the Brigadier Held the King
How the King Held the Brigadier
How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs
How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom
How the Brigadier Won His Medal
How the Brigadier Was Tempted by the Devil
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Originally Published: 1896
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Gerard tells the stories from the point of view of an old man now living in retirement in Paris. He served in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Russia. He has been awarded the Grand-Cross of the Légion d'honneur by Napoleon in 1814.
The stories were originally published in the Strand Magazine between December 1894 and September 1903. They were later issued in two volumes: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard in February 1896 and The Adventures of Gerard in September 1903.
