The Adventures of GerardSatirical short stories about the vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier serving during the Napoleonic Wars. |
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ALEXANDRE DUMAS Alfred Henry Lewis Anna Katharine Green army asked beacon blood brave Brigadier Captain Fourneau cavalry CHARLES CHARLES DICKENS Colonel Gerard comrades CONAN DOYLE Cossacks cried dark door Dragoon Ellen Glasgow Emperor enemy English Etienne Gerard eyes face fellow fight France French Frenchman friends front galloped GEORGE GEORGE ELIOT gondolier grey Grouchy Guard hand head heard heart HOLMES honour horse Hussars of Conflans instant JAMES FENIMORE COOPER knew Lady Jane Lancer light lips looked Lord Dacre Lord Rufton Lucia Marshal Lannes Massena Minsk never night officer passed pistol Poems Pombal prisoner Prussians R. D. BLACKMORE regiment riding road rode romance round seen shout side SIR WALTER SCOTT smile soldier Soult stood story strange sword tell terrible thought told turned Violette voice waited wall Watson Davis words
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