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CONAN DOYLE’S OTHER CLIENT: BRIGADIER GERARD PART 2

YESTERDAY, WE LEARNED how literary agent Arthur Conan Doyle latched onto hussard ancien Brigadier Etienne Gerard, who shared plonk-encouraged adventures of Napoleonic times. Today in Part 2, at Emperor Napoleon’s … Continue reading

April 27, 2020 · 3 Comments