Brigadier Gerard and glory, he is always ready with a stirring speech or a gallant remark to a lady. Conan Doyle, in making his hero a vain, and often rather uncomprehending, Frenchman, was able to satirise both the stereotypical English view of the French and – by presenting them from Gerard's baffled point of view – English manners and attitudes. Gerard tells the stories from the point of view of an old man now living in retirement in Paris. We discover that he was born in Gascony in the early 1780s (he is 25 in "How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa"). In "How
The Lost Books (novel series) their final battle. "Chosen" and "Infidel" were simultaneously released on December 15, 2007. "Renegade" and "Chaos" were released May 1, 2008. "Lunatic" and "Elyon" were released June 2, 2009. The Lost Books (novel series) The Lost Books series is a hexalogy of fantasy books written by American author Ted Dekker. When the first letter of each books is taken individually, they spell "Circle". The 6 young-adult novels span the 15-year gap between "Black" and "Red" in Dekker's popular "Circle Series", and also beyond. Thirteen years have passed since the lush, coloured forests were turned to desert by Teeleh, the enemy