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Exploits of brigadier Gerard - A Napolionic war hero
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This is the tale Etienne Brigadier Gerard, Napolionic war hero and down right legend in his own mind, as he goes from miss adventure to miss adventure. At first, I couldnt be certain that Doyle was teasing me or pulling my leg. Then, by halfway through I was certain of it.
What started with using a block of cheese to make a shape charged bomb to blow a door off of its hinges ended with the most incredible deception that is funny even if Gerard really isnt getting even with Napoleon or if he is. I think Doyle must have enjoyed teasing and getting under the miltarys skin without giving them anything to officially take notice of. He was only marginally kinder to the British Military than he was the french.
I rolled with laughter when Gerard and another, befriended British officer are caught playing cards to decide who was prisoner of whom by none other than the Duke of Wellington. Wellington sent Gerard to prison in England, and his buddy (whom gerard called the Bart because he thought Bart was an English Tittle, not the mans first name) to the stockade for not playing his trump cards as he should have.
Gerard for his part wanders through the tales oblivious to things going on around him, a trait praised by the French Miltary and one that gets him many personal assignments. Someone who will not be too inquisitive or think too much. There are no ethnic words to take offense at. The gender bias is actually more in keepign with todays standard than the Victorian Era, when this work was first published. Well, I guess theres nothing to be offended by, unless maybe your French?
Bottom line, A really fun read for a classic. The humor may be a bit sophisticated for young teens but there is little else to worry about. The humor is very much in keeping with what you might normally associate with OBrian or Thurber. Four stars from me!
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