The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard, by Arthur Conan Doyle

[Trevor]

The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard



Publication Date: April 30, 2001
Pages: 464
Introduction by George MacDonald Fraser.
Originally published in The Strand between December 1894 and September 1903.

Having killed off Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began a new series of tales on a very different theme. Brigadier Gerard is an officer in Napoleon’s army—recklessly brave, engagingly openhearted, and unshakable, if not a little absurd, in his devotion to the enigmatic Emperor. The Brigadier’s wonderful comic adventures, long established in the affections of Conan Doyle’s admirers as second only to those of the incomparable Holmes, are sure to find new devotees among the ardent fans of such writers as Patrick O’Brian and George MacDonald Fraser.

[Lobstergirl]

A very funny book.

[Trevor]

Other than Sherlock Holmes stuff, I've never read anything by Conan Doyle. I have always heard there's a lot to love out there, and sometimes I'm just in the mood for some ships.

[Lobstergirl]

Well I have never really been a Sherlock Holmes person. I've probably read 2, at most 3, of the stories, or books, whatever they are. But for some reason I decided to read Brigadier Gerard and it was very entertaining and wryly funny.