The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. Arthur Conan Doyle

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      The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

      Arthur Conan Doyle

      Originally Published: 1896

      Arthur Conan Doyle: The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

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      First published: 1896. This ePUB publication: 2014

      ISBN: 978-91-7639-412-0

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      Arthur Conan Doyle & Brigadier Gerard

      Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

      Brigadier Gerard is the hero of a series of comic short stories Arthur Conan Doyle. The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity – he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest soldier, greatest swordsman, most accomplished horseman and most gallant lover in all France. Gerard is not entirely wrong, since he displays notable bravery on many occasions, but his self-satisfaction undercuts this quite often. Obsessed with honour and glory, he is always ready with a stirring speech or a gallant remark to a lady.

      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.

      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.

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      Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)