Приключения бригадира Жерара

Krupneĭshiĭ angliĭskiĭ pisatelʹ sėr Artur Konan Doĭl izvesten vsemu miru kak neprevzoĭdennyĭ master detektivnogo i prikli͡uchencheskogo zhanrov. Mnogie geroi, rozhdennye ego perom, obreli poistine grandioznui͡u izvestnostʹ po vseĭ planete: ėto i syshchik Sherlok Kholms so svoim vernym sputnikom doktorom Vatsonom, i angliĭskiĭ ryt͡sarʹ sėr Naĭdzhel Loring, i nesravnennyĭ professor Chellendzher. . . Daleko ne poslednee mesto sredi nikh zanimaet obai͡atelʹnyĭ khvastun Ėtʹen Zherar, soldat napoleonovskoĭ armii, perezhivshiĭ poistine neveroi͡atnye prikli͡uchenii͡a. On pobyval v plenu u razboĭnikov, sovershil mnozhestvo podvigov na pole boi͡a i v tylu u anglichan, s bleskom ispolni͡al taĭnye poruchenii͡a samogo Napoleona. Chitateli͡u ėtikh udivitelʹnykh istoriĭ predstoit ne tolʹko voskhishchatʹsi͡a mi͡unkhauzenovskoĭ snorovkoĭ otvazhnogo brigadira, no i uznatʹ mnozhestvo interesnykh faktov o slavnoĭ ėpokhe Napoleonovskikh voĭn. V nastoi͡ashchee izdanie vkli͡ucheny vse istorii o brigadire Zherare, a takzhe roman "Gigantskai͡a tenʹ", vkhodi͡ashchiĭ v tak nazyvaemyĭ "napoleonovskiĭ t͡sikl" Konan Doĭla. Kniga soprovozhdaetsi͡a illi͡ustrat͡sii͡ami angliĭskikh, amerikanskikh i frant͡suzskikh khudozhnikov nachala XX veka.

The greatest English writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is known worldwide as an unsurpassed master of detective and adventure genres. Many of the characters born from his pen have gained truly tremendous fame all over the planet: the detective Sherlock Holmes with his faithful companion Dr. Watson, the English knight Sir Nigel Loring, and the incomparable Professor Challenger. . . Not the least among them is the charming braggart Etienne Gerard, a soldier of Napoleon's army who has experienced truly incredible adventures. He was captured by bandits, performed many feats on the battlefield and in the rear of the British, brilliantly carried out secret assignments of Napoleon himself. The reader of these amazing stories will not only admire the brave brigadier Munchausen's skill, but also learn many interesting facts about the glorious era of the Napoleonic Wars. This edition includes all the stories about Brigadier Gerard, as well as the novel "The Giant Shadow", which is part of the so-called "Napoleonic cycle" by Conan Doyle. The book is accompanied by illustrations by English, American and French artists of the early 20th century.