Reader(s): Degas, Rupert
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0025
Barcode: 9781843794479
Release Date: 01/2011

DOYLE, A.C.: Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (The) (Unabridged)

With a horse between his thighs and a weapon in his grip, the dashing Brigadier Etienne Gerard, Colonel of the Hussars of Conflans, gallops through the Napoleonic campaigns on secret missions for his beloved Emperor and his country. He encounters danger and hair-breadth escapes but never loses his bravado, his eye for a pretty girl, his boastfulness or his enormous vanity. Gerard is Conan Doyle’s most lovable character. At times hilarious, at times touching, these stories are amongst Conan Doyle’s most popular.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Doyle, Arthur Conan - Author
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
1The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Part One04:52
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2It must be confessed, however…05:09
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3Suchet's head-quarters at that time…05:22
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4'Have you got him?' asked a voice, in Italian.04:54
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5I shrank back, and in an instant my pursuers were on me.04:38
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6They advanced upon me…05:15
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7It was a long time in coming…04:37
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
8The young man who had been pleading…05:05
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9'You must not care, Etienne.'04:38
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10He shook me by the shoulder…05:38
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
11How The Brigadier Captured Saragossa04:38
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12So far I admit that I was wrong…04:55
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13'Your request is unusual,' saiD Major Olivier…04:56
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
14This was a cheerful beginning.05:30
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
15'It is an easy tree to climb,' said he.05:48
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Disc 2
1As I had imagined, this broad boulevard…04:48
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2'Good heavens! have you been hanging here for two days?'05:10
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3I passed unquestioned down the broad boulevard…04:22
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4Naturally, since an attack was about to be made…04:39
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5When I came to my senses…05:27
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6In all the great hosts of France there was only one officer…02:23
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
7How The Brigadier Slew The Fox04:55
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8Ah, how my heart swelled with pride and joy…04:58
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
9I had never known it, but one of the bullets…04:49
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
10It is incredible the insolence of these English!05:09
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11He was a dear creature upon whom I sat…05:06
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12All thought of fear of discovery had vanished.05:41
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13How The Brigadier Saved The Army04:40
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14There were many difficulties in connection with a retreat…04:57
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15'What you see,' said the Marshal…03:51
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
16Over that flat country there lay the inviting white road…03:29
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17You remember I have mentioned…04:17
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Disc 3
1I heard the crashing of the barrels…05:02
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2When I had recovered my breath…04:39
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3'Sir,' said I, 'in the name of France I thank you…'04:22
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4This was a new light upon the situation.04:41
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
5Following the direction of his gesture, I turned…04:27
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6The idea seemed to amuse him very much.03:31
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7I stared in amazement at what he did.03:39
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8How The Brigadier Triumphed in England03:56
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9There is a game called cricket…04:46
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
10What the mawleys were I did not know…04:58
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
11From what I have told you of the Lady Jane…04:33
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12A dusky red suffused his handsome face.05:13
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13For some months he had indeed behaved well…04:49
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
14'When I've killed this swaggering Frenchman,' said Lord Dacre…04:51
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
15His hand opened and the handkerchief fell.03:11
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16'Come, come, Colonel Berkeley,' said Lord Dacre…03:19
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Disc 4
1How The Brigadier Rode to Minsk04:20
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2Enough - a brave man can face age and fate…04:29
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3But there came a time between Wilna and Smolensk…04:27
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4These are the little precautions…04:31
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5I stared at it, and I had to shake my head.04:53
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6She looked at the writing with some surprise.05:17
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
7Poor Violette, looking as miserable as her master…05:10
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
8I looked at him with the contempt that I felt.04:33
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9For an hour of utter misery, chilled in body and soul…04:19
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
10I stood for an instant with the key in my hand…04:30
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
11How The Brigadier Bore Himself at Waterloo04:30
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
12You have read how the Emperor gathered his forces…04:45
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13We all followed the direction of his gaze…03:54
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
14In front of me lay the great wood…05:05
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15She was shaken by this…04:41
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
16But an adventure came to break the monotony…04:03
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
17The roar of guns, much nearer than before…04:07
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Disc 5
1Gneisenau, the Chief of the Staff, had lingered…05:27
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2What a picture of surprise!03:22
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3Part Two - The Story of The Nine Prussian Horsemen05:21
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4'General Bulow!' I cried.04:34
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
5At first I was carried away in that wild rush…05:18
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6The night was falling, and the Emperor's haggard face…04:10
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7They all started and stared.05:05
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8So quick had been my impulse…05:24
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
9To retreat was impossible. I could hear the thunder…04:12
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
10'Surrender, your Majesty, surrender!' he yelled…04:58
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11A single shot from a Prussian or an Austrian…02:49
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12At that instant my eye fell upon something…03:40
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Disc 6
1The Last Adventure of The Brigadier04:54
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2There was one of these - the Sign of the Great Man…05:24
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3He looked hard at me with his shrewd grey eyes…03:48
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4Some three days after my arrival…05:08
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5'Our hands have been forced…'04:26
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6Every light had been extinguished aboard our ship…04:57
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
7My friends, I fell down upon the gravel walk…05:07
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
8The Marriage of The Brigadier04:36
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
9Now let me be precise for a moment.03:40
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
10I had nearly reached the middle of the field…04:19
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
11I walked across the field lost in thought…04:36
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
12It was for the house of the Ravons that I raced.04:31
Degas, Rupert (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 06:51:53