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''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' is a volume collecting 8 short stories written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in 1896 by [[George Newnes Ltd.]] The stories were published initially in [[The Strand Magazine]] from december 1894 to december 1895. <br />
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== Stories ==<br />
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* [[How the Brigadier Came to the Castle of Gloom ]]<br />
* [[How the Brigadier Slew the Brothers of Ajaccio]]<br />
* [[How the Brigadier Held the King]]<br />
* [[How the King Held the Brigadier]]<br />
* [[How the Brigadier Took the Field Against the Marshal Millefleurs]]<br />
* [[How the Brigadier Played for a Kingdom]]<br />
* [[The Medal of Brigadier Gerard|How the Brigadier Won his Medal]]<br />
* [[How the Brigadier was Tempted by the Devil]]<br />
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== Editions ==<br />
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* ''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' (15 february 1896, [[George Newnes Ltd.]] [UK]) 24 illustrations by [[William B. Wollen]]<br />
* ''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' (27 january 1896, [[Longmans, Green & Co.]] ''Colonial Library'') 24 ill. by [[William B. Wollen]]<br />
* ''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' (8 march 1896, [[D. Appleton & Co.]] [US]) 24 ill. by [[William B. Wollen]]<br />
* ''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' (march 1896, [[Bernhard Tauchnitz]] No. 3122 [DE])<br />
* in ''[[La Lecture]] No. 21-30'' (26 february - 2 may 1898, [[Félix Juven]] [FR]) as ''Les Exploits du Colonel Gérard''<br />
* ''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' (1899, [[George Newnes Ltd.]] [UK])<br />
* ''Brigadier Gerard'' (1903-1920, [[James Askew & Son]] [UK])<br />
* ''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' (1903, [[D. Appleton & Co.]] ''[[Arthur Conan Doyle Author's Edition]]'' [US]) frontispiece by [[William B. Wollen]]<br />
* ''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' (24 september 1903, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] ''[[Arthur Conan Doyle Author's Edition]]'' [UK]) 2 ill. by [[William B. Wollen]]<br />
* ''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' (1904, [[A. L. Burt]] [US])<br />
* ''Les Exploits du Colonel Gérard'' (october 1905, [[Félix Juven]] [FR]) ill. by [[William B. Wollen]]<br />
* ''Les Exploits du Colonel Gérard'' (1909, [[Félix Juven]] [FR]) ill. by [[Paul Claudel]]<br />
* ''Les Exploits du Colonel Gérard'' (10 october 1909, [[Félix Juven]] ''Les Romans de la jeunesse'' [FR]) 17 ill. by [[Léonce Burret]]<br />
* ''Les Romans de la jeunesse'' (1909, [[Boivin & Cie]] [FR]) ill. by [[Léonce Burret]]<br />
* ''Les Exploits du Colonel Gérard'' (1910, [[Félix Juven]] ''Bibliothèque Illustrée No. 26'' [FR]) 56 ill. by [[Paul Claudel]]<br />
* ''Les Exploits du Colonel Gérard'' (1913, [[La Renaissance du livre]] [FR])<br />
* ''The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard'' (1917, [[John Murray]] ''[[Arthur Conan Doyle Author's Edition]]'' [UK]) 2 ill. by [[William B. Wollen]]<br />
* ''Les Exploits du Colonel Gérard'' (1927, [[Boivin & Cie]] ''Les Romans de la jeunesse No. 24'' [FR]) ill. by [[William B. Wollen]]<br />
* ''Les Exploits du Colonel Gérard'' (1929, [[La Renaissance du livre]] [FR])<br />
* in ''[[The Crowborough Edition of the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' vol. 3 (1930, [[Doubleday & McClure Co.|Doubleday, Doran & Co.]] [US])<br />
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'''Undated'''<br />
* ''Les Exploits du Colonel Gérard'' (undated, [[Félix Juven]] [FR]) cover by [[Édouard Carrier]], 61 ill. by [[William B. Wollen]]<br />
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== Illustrations ==<br />
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* See [[#Stories|each story]] for illustrations.<br />
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== Reviews ==<br />
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* [[The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (review 4 march 1896)|The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard]] (4 march 1896, [[The Sketch]])<br />
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== Covers ==<br />
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File:the-exploits-of-brigadier-gerard-newnes-1896.jpg|[[George Newnes Ltd.]] (1896) 1st UK ed.<br />
File:D-appleton-1896-03-08-the-exploits-of-brigadier-gerard.jpg|[[D. Appleton & Co.]] (1896) 1st US ed.<br />
File:la-lecture-1898-02-26.jpg|[[Félix Juven]] (1898) 1st FR ed.<br />
File:george-newnes-1899-6p-the-exploits-of-brigadier-gerard.jpg|[[George Newnes Ltd.]] (1899)<br />
File:James-askew-1903-1920-the-white-company-rodney-stone-brigadier-gerard.jpg|[[James Askew & Son]] (1903-1920)<br />
File:a-l-burt-1904-the-exploits-of-brigadier-gerard.jpg|[[A. L. Burt]] (1904)<br />
File:felix-juven-1909-10-15-romans-jeunesse-les-exploits-du-colonel-gerard.jpg|[[Félix Juven]] (1909)<br />
File:felix-juven-undated-les-exploits-du-colonel-gerard-carrier.jpg|[[Félix Juven]] (undated)<br />
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