An early edition of Driftwood Spars 1916 reads ‘To the memory of my beloved wife’. Wren dedicated an early edition of Snake and Sword 1914 to ‘my wife Alice Lucille Wren’. Authorized American edition Forty-Eighth Printing. When his novels became famous, there was a mysterious absence of authenticating photographs of him as a legionnaire or of the usual press articles by old comrades wanting to cash in on their memories of a celebrated figure. Wren Condition Used Edition Authorized American edition Forty-Eighth Printing Published 1925 Binding Hardcover Quantity Available 1 Seller Rare Book Cellar Pomona, New York, USA Seller rating : Description: Philadelphia: J. He lived out the remainder of his life in England concentrating on his literary career. While in India, he joined the Poona Volunteer Rifles with the rank as Captain, before his service was terminated in 1915 after sick leave.

In 1903 he joined the Indian Education Service as headmaster of Karachi High School. The finest of three screen versions of PC Wrens tale of heroism in the French Foreign Legion (the others were made in 19, the latter a travesty). The descriptions of life in the legion and being stationed in French North Africa would make any adventurer today want to go visit some of those cities and historical French. After graduation with an MA from St Catherine’s College, Oxford, a non collegiate college for poorer students, Percy worked as a boarding school teacher for a few years. Wren is a fun, romanticized adventure story of running off to join the French Foreign Legion due to the shame of committing some grievous act. The main narrator (among others), by contrast, is his younger brother John. It has been adapted for the screen several times. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, and its sequels, Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal. As they advanced, Geste rushed up and down his side of the roof, shooting constantly to trick the. Beau Geste is a 1924 adventure novel by P. Percival Christopher Wren 1875 1941 was a British writer, mostly of adventure fiction.

Beau Geste by P.C. Wren