The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard E-Book

Arthur Conan Doyle

• Herausgeber: Ktoczyta.pl
• Kategorie: Abenteuer, Thriller, Horror
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

„The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard” is a volume collecting 8 short stories about a courier and cavalryman in the personal service of Napoleon Bonaparte. The stories in „The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard” are all told in the first person by an aged Gerard looking back on his military endeavours in the early 1800s when there was no man prouder to serve the Emperor Napoleon. Etienne Gerard is a dashing, chivalrous, and stalwart French officer who becomes involved various suspenseful and often comical political intrigues. He battles outlaws, Englishmen and Cossacks and always maintains a his honor and his style. However, despite his ludicrous self-adoration, Gerard is a hugely likeable figure owing to the fact that he does display the commendable traits of loyalty and bravery that he cannot disguise.

Leseprobe

Contents

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