Brigadier Gerard

Brigadier Gerard is series of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring the comedic hero, Brigadier Etienne Gerard who is a Hussar officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Short Stories: • "The Medal of Brigadier Gerard" (December 1894) (also published as "How the Brigadier Won His Medal", and How Brigadier Gerard Won His Medal) • "How the Brigadier Held the King" (April 1895) • "How the King Held the Brigadier" (May 1895) • "How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio" (June 1895) • "How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom" (July 1895) • "How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs" (August 1895) • "How the Brigadier Was Tempted by the Devil" (September 1895) • "How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom" (December 1895) • "The Crime of the Brigadier" (January 1900) (also published as "How the Brigadier Slew the Fox") • "How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear" (August 1902) • "How the Brigadier Saved the Army" (November 1902) • "How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk" (December 1902) • "The Brigadier at Waterloo" (two part serial January 1903 & February 1903) • "How the Brigadier Triumphed in England" ("The Brigadier in England") (March 1903) • "How the Brigadier Joined the Hussars of Conflans" (April 1903) (also published as "How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa") • "How Etienne Gerard Said Goodbye to His Master" (May 1903) (also published as "The Last Adventure of the Brigadier") • "The Marriage of the Brigadier" (September 1910) Play: • Adventures Of Brigadier Gerard (1906) Related Short Story: • "A Foreign Office Romance" (November 1894) - This is not a Gerard story but clearly prefigures the series in structure, character and theme; for this reason it is included in the collection The Complete Brigadier Gerard. Related Novel: • Uncle Bernac (1897) - Gerard appears as a major character in this novel, however some of the details are inconsistent with those of other Brigadier Gerard stories.

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