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How the Brigadier Lost His Ear

Arthur Conan Doyle

First published August 1902
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Brigadier Gerard › The Adventures of Etienne Gerard #1

Synopsis

An old French brigadier reminisces about when he was young and in Venice with the French army of occupation. He had a love affair with a Venetian lady, to which some local patriots objected; they took him prisoner and he barely escaped with his life.

Publications (3)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1902 The Strand Magazine, August 1902 MAGAZINE
1967 The Edge of the Chair Harper & Row Anthology 390
January 1970 The Graveyard Shift Dell Anthology 136