Phil Griffiths

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity - he is u…

The Adventures of Gerard

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



These lesser known stories were penned by Conan Doyle during the period between killing off Sherlock Holmes in 1893 and reluctantly resurrec…

The Duel

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Anton Chekhov



The plot centres around Laevsky, who is living in a small seaside town in the Caucasus after running away with another man's wife, Nadyezhda…

Anna Karenina, Book 5

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Leo Tolstoy



Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the

The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 1

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Archibald Forbes



The First Anglo–Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts durin…