This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The Emperor Napoleon fondly said of Etienne Gerard "e;that if he has the thickest head he has also the stoutest heart in my army."e; This description accurately captures the self-described hero of eighteen gem-like short stories produced by Arthur Conan Doyle. Brigadier Gerard, a bombastic, heroic gascon hussar, doer of many improbable deeds, was an unimaginative man of small intellect, but brave and resourceful in a crisis. The shadow of Sherlock Holmes has for too long deprived the Gerard tales of their rightful place among the finest short historical fiction of their time.
| ISBN: | 9781411467613 |
| Publication date: | 13th March 2012 |
| Author: | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |