The Complete Escapades of Brigadier Gerard

Discover Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s best kept secret - Brigadier Etienne Gerard, a lively and dashing cavalry officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. With tales of honour, bravery and derring-do, Conan Doyle sets out the landscape of the early 19th Century perfectly, and the exciting stories contained in this collection would easily appeal to those familiar with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s other works as well as fans of the military works of George MacDonald Fraser and Bernard Cornwell. The Duke of Wellington may have Richard Sharpe on his side, but the Emperor can always depend on Brigadier Gerard. ‘The Complete Escapades of Brigadier Gerard’ contains the entire run of 17 short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between 1894 and 1910.