Exploits of Brigadier Gerard - Couverture souple

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 086299148X ISBN 13 : 9780862991487

Editeur : Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1984

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Brigadier Gerard is the hero of a series of 17 historical short stories and a major character in a novel by the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar officer 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.

Biographie de l'auteur

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 a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 086299148X
• ISBN 13: 9780862991487
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible