The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard

At Waterloo, although, in a sense, I was present, I was unable to fight, and the enemy was victorious. It is not for me to say that there is a connection between these two things. You know me too well, my friends, to imagine that I would make such a claim. But it gives matter for thought, and some h......more

There are 8 stories in this collection, but I only listened to the first one & then quit. The narrator isn't great & he's slow, even at 1.5x speed. I could probably put up with that, but there is a background haze whenever he speaks & complete silence when he doesn't. I'm guessing that Tantor tried t......more

The Napoleonic Tales series of books starring lovable buffoon Etienne Gerard are pure gold.......more

One probably has to be English to get the most out of Etienne Gerard, who is one of Conan Doyle's most beautifully-drawn characters (as good as Sir Nigel or even Sherlock) and a wonderfully bitchy British satire on the French. Etienne is an old Napoleonic grognard who attributes much of the Emperor'......more