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)

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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
3Suchet's head-quarters at that time…05:22
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4'Have you got him?' asked a voice, in Italian.04:54
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
5I shrank back, and in an instant my pursuers were on me.04:38
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6They advanced upon me…05:15
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
7It was a long time in coming…04:37
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
8The young man who had been pleading…05:05
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
9'You must not care, Etienne.'04:38
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
10He shook me by the shoulder…05:38
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
11How The Brigadier Captured Saragossa04:38
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
12So far I admit that I was wrong…04:55
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4Naturally, since an attack was about to be made…04:39
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
5When I came to my senses…05:27
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6In all the great hosts of France there was only one officer…02:23
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
7How The Brigadier Slew The Fox04:55
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
11He was a dear creature upon whom I sat…05:06
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
12All thought of fear of discovery had vanished.05:41
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
13How The Brigadier Saved The Army04:40
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
14There were many difficulties in connection with a retreat…04:57
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
15'What you see,' said the Marshal…03:51
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
16Over that flat country there lay the inviting white road…03:29
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
17You remember I have mentioned…04:17
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Disc 3
1I heard the crashing of the barrels…05:02
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
2When I had recovered my breath…04:39
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
6The idea seemed to amuse him very much.03:31
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
7I stared in amazement at what he did.03:39
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
8How The Brigadier Triumphed in England03:56
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
12A dusky red suffused his handsome face.05:13
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
16'Come, come, Colonel Berkeley,' said Lord Dacre…03:19
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
Disc 4
1How The Brigadier Rode to Minsk04:20
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4These are the little precautions…04:31
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
13We all followed the direction of his gaze…03:54
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
14In front of me lay the great wood…05:05
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
7They all started and stared.05:05
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
11A single shot from a Prussian or an Austrian…02:49
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
12At that instant my eye fell upon something…03:40
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
4Some three days after my arrival…05:08
Degas, Rupert (Reader)
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