Five tales of battle, intrigue, the sea and adventure from the Napoleonic eraConan Doyle was justifiably famous for his great detective Sherlock Holmes. But in fact Doyles first love was historical fiction, and he had a particular interest in and affinity with the age of Napoleon. This led him after the demise of Holmes to create another character much closer to his heartthe impossibly brave, boastful and not very bright, French hussarBrigadier Gerard. That characters full adventurescomplete with all the original magazine illustrationsis available as a Leonaur edition. Fortunately for the many enthusiastic aficionados of Doyle and the Napoleonic Age his efforts in that period of history did not end with Gerard. Here are Doyles other classic novelettes and stories of the epoch of empireseach one a gembrought together in a single volume available in soft cover and hard cover for collectors to enjoy over again. Includes Uncle Bernac, The Great Shadow, A Foreign Office Romance, A Straggler of 1815, The Slapping Sal and Doyles essay on his own Napoleonic history library.

Binding: Paperback;340 pages; Publisher: Oakpast; Classification: N/A; Weight: 553.63 g; Dimensions: N/A

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