Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard


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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—ecklessly 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.




The Complete Brigadier Gerard


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The Complete Brigadier Gerard has the brigadier recounting his adventures in the Peninsular War, the retreat from Moscow and at Waterloo. Flashman's George MacDonald Fraser called the book "A splendid catalogue of secret missions, escapes, love affairs, disguises, duels and occasional disasters." With 55 original illustrations by W.B.Wollen.




The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard


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You do very well my friends to treat me with some little reverence for in honouring me you are honouring both France and yourselves. It is not merely an old grey-moustached officer whom you see eating his omelette or draining his glass but it is a fragment of history.







The Adventures of Marty the Monkey and Gerard the Giraffe


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Meet two high-spirited best buddies, Marty the Monkey and Gerard the Giraffe, as they live out 23 biblical parables in a thrilling, adventurous fasion.




The Last Adventures of Sherlock Holmes


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Sherlock Holmes the gaunt, ascetic, ruthlessly logical pursuer of crime and mystery created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle needs no introduction. The adventures of this sharp, witty and moody detective alongwith his loveable pedantic and faithful friend Dr. Watson are a perennial source of inspiration to lovers of crime fiction. The book brings to you the criminal investigation of mysteries by master detective Sherlock Holmes.




Gone Hunting Out There 'do'in It'


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'Gone Hunting' is a factual account of a young Australian's introduction to the wonderful world of hunting.From Gerard Abrams' humble beginnings of shooting rabbits around his home town in New South Wales, Australia, to hunting chamois and tahr in New Zealand's rugged Southern Alps, buffalo in the searing heat and dust of Northern Australia and rusa deer in the steamy South Pacific tropic's. 'Gone Hunting' moves along nicely and is guaranteed to keep the reader informed and entertained.Those of you who are regular readers of Wild Deer & Hunting Adventures magazine will have already been captured by Gerard's style of writing an absorbing story that puts you alongside him as he continues his wilderness hunting adventures.There is more to hunting than just firing a shot, there is also more to the hunter's life than success on the hill. This book by Gerard will convince you that he has an extremely interesting story to tell, and has told it very well.If some filmmaker with imagination that is unafraid of the subject of hunting reads this book, it could well be an ideal vehicle for them to show both sides of a hunter's persona.




Memories and Adventures


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The Adventures of Gerard


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Gerard's Fortune


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Gerard the boy grows up hunting and game-keeping for his castle. A hunting guide by day, who dreams of the sea at night. Old enough to sign aboard a ship, Gerard sails away from home to follow his dreams. The shipwreck leaves Gerard stranded on an island full of natives. He is adopted and becomes part of the village. Five years pass before another ship arrives; but instead of a rescue ship, it's pirates who attack the island. The village fights back, and Gerard captures the ship. The crew needs a captain, and Gerard needs a ship. Can he be a captain? Can he keep the ship and crew safe? Can Gerard hold onto the treasure he has found?