Brigadier Gerard was once the finest swordsman in all of Napoleon's armies... as well as the bravest soldier, the greatest horseman and the most passionate of lovers... at least that is the reputation he is happy to embelish. Now an old man living his retirement in Paris in the middle of the 19th Century, Gerard relates the adventures of his youth, when he was a dashing young Hussar in Napoleon's army. Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger, Brigadier Gerard's adventures mix action and humour and are rightly regarded as classics. How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa How the Brigadier Slew the Fox How the Brigadier Saved the Army How the Brigadier Triumphed in England How the Brigadier Rode to Minsk How the Brigadier Bore Himself at Waterloo The Last Adventure of the Brigadier