Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (Paperback)

from lmichet

Best book I've read in a very long time, I have to say. Gerard is an absolutely appealing character and his transparently misguided narration is pretty much brilliant. It's difficult to pull off a story which has the narrator living, through his own words, in a state of enlightenment significantl...

from peegee

Gerard is a fantastic character. I love the mix of humour and adventure here. Personally, I would happily have settled for fewer Sherlock Holmes stories in exchange for a few more of Gerard.

from dougwood57

The success of the Sherlock Holmes stories has overshadowed the fact that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote many other stories of entirely different character. The New York Review of Books Classics has brought the `Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard' back to life. The Gerard character is said...

from abbottthomas

This book was one of Philip Pullman's top 40 books for Waterstones and I am grateful for the pointer to a work which had inexplicably passed me by. The stories of Etienne Gerard's adventures in Napoleon's army are told from the viewpoint of old age and lubricated by wine of varying quality donate...

from lmichet

Best book I've read in a very long time, I have to say. Gerard is an absolutely appealing character and his transparently misguided narration is pretty much brilliant. It's difficult to pull off a story which has the narrator living, through his own words, in a state of enlightenment significantl...