Brigadier Gerard version of the short novel "Uncle Bernac". A 1927 film with Rod La Rocque as Gerard had the title "The Fighting Eagle". In 1970 "The Adventures of Gerard" was directed by Jerzy Skolimowski with Peter McEnery playing Gerard. As of 2014 television and movie writer John Altschuler is developing Brigadier Gerard as a feature, with Steve Carell attached to play Brigadier Gerard and Ricky Gervais attached to play Napoleon. Brigadier Gerard Brigadier Gerard is the hero of a series of 17 historical short stories, a play, and a major character in a novel by the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle.
Wired for Books Wired for Books Wired for Books was an online educational project of the WOUB Center for Public Media at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Created and produced by David Kurz, and launched on May 25, 1997, the website featured author interviews, dramatic audio productions of classic literature, poetry readings, short stories, lectures, essays, and children's literature. Nearly 700 uncut audio author interviews conducted by Don Swaim for his "Book Beat" show on CBS Radio were available at Wired for Books in their entirety. Original unabridged audio productions of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "A Christmas Carol", "Macbeth", and "The Wonderful Wizard