The Adventures of Gerard

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1903. Second American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Wollen, W.B. Second American edition. Hinges weakening, spine slightly toned, boards lightly scuffed. 1903 Hard Cover. [vi], 297, [6] pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt. Black-and-white frontispiece and plates by W.B. Wollen. "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 (truncated) 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. (Inventory #: 2331457)