Book #58: The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard

Another book down, another small chunk off of my height, I'm determined to finish the first challenge before July! Another new author for me... What's that I hear you say? He's never read Conan Doyle? Nope, I haven't. But I have now!

I'm not really sure about what attracted me to this book... it's an old book, not something I've ever been too interested in... and it has a picture of some prat called Napoleon on the cover. But it sounded fun and interesting, so away I go with it.

It's essentially a collection of short stories about Colonel Etienne Gerard, a cavalry officer and devotee to the ogre that is Napoleon Bonaparte. I've never really read much from a French perspective of the Napoleonic wars, but I was pleasantly surprised.

It's not the most historically accurate of things, but then neither is Sharpe. However, I really liked the character of Gerard throughout the short stories. The books are funny and exciting. The pace in the stories are great, I didn't find myself willing them to move on when things got a bit boring.

I don't really have a huge amount to write about these stories, mainly because there are so many of them, I'd be writing forever. But I enjoyed them all. They're short, sweet and great!

Onwards towards book #60!

The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard: 2.5cm

Total read so far: 58 books, 174.5cm

Total left to read: 62 books, 18.5cm

I've got another book to do later!