{"product_id":"2940013091528","title":"THE ADVENTURES OF GERARD","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.      HOW BRIGADIER GERARD LOST HIS EAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     II.     HOW THE BRIGADIER CAPTURED SARAGOSSA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     III.    HOW THE BRIGADIER SLEW THE FOX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IV.     HOW THE BRIGADIER SAVED THE ARMY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V.      HOW THE BRIGADIER TRIUMPHED IN ENGLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VI.     HOW THE BRIGADIER RODE TO MINSK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VII.    HOW THE BRIGADE BORE HIMSELF AT WATERLOO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VIII.   THE LAST ADVENTURE OF THE BRIGADIER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. How Brigadier Gerard Lost His Ear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was the old Brigadier who was talking in the cafe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have seen a great many cities, my friends. I would not dare to tell\u003cbr\u003eyou how many I have entered as a conqueror with eight hundred of my\u003cbr\u003elittle fighting devils clanking and jingling behind me. The cavalry were\u003cbr\u003ein front of the Grande Armee, and the Hussars of Conflans were in front\u003cbr\u003eof the cavalry, and I was in front of the Hussars. But of all the cities\u003cbr\u003ewhich we visited Venice is the most ill-built and ridiculous. I cannot\u003cbr\u003eimagine how the people who laid it out thought that the cavalry could\u003cbr\u003emanoeuvre. It would puzzle Murat or Lassalle to bring a squadron into\u003cbr\u003ethat square of theirs. For this reason we left Kellermann's heavy\u003cbr\u003ebrigade and also my own Hussars at Padua on the mainland. But\u003cbr\u003eSuchet with the infantry held the town, and he had chosen me as his\u003cbr\u003eaide-de-camp for that winter, because he was pleased about the affair\u003cbr\u003eof the Italian fencing-master at Milan. The fellow was a good swordsman,\u003cbr\u003eand it was fortunate for the credit of French arms that it was I who was\u003cbr\u003eopposed to him. Besides, he deserved a lesson, for if one does not like\u003cbr\u003ea prima donna's singing one can always be silent, but it is intolerable\u003cbr\u003ethat a public affront should be put upon a pretty woman. So the sympathy\u003cbr\u003ewas all with me, and after the affair had blown over and the man's widow\u003cbr\u003ehad been pensioned Suchet chose me as his own galloper, and I followed\u003cbr\u003ehim to Venice, where I had the strange adventure which I am about to\u003cbr\u003etell you.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079181549808,"sku":"2940013091528","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013091528_p0.jpg?v=1763576841","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013091528","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}