Beau Geste
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
In the scorching heart of the Sahara Desert, where honour is the only currency that matters, three English brothers — Michael, Digby, and John Geste — vanish from their family estate under a cloud of suspicion, each enlisting separately in the infamous French Foreign Legion to shield the others from disgrace. Beau Geste, first published in 1924, is a rip-roaring tale of loyalty, sacrifice, and the swashbuckling romance of soldiering, set against a brutal backdrop of desert forts, merciless officers, and the relentless African sun. The novel opens with a masterful hook: a relief column discovers a desert fort manned entirely by dead men — a mystery that Wren unravels with consummate storytelling skill across a gripping non-linear narrative. Percival Christopher Wren crafts a world where the codes of Victorian chivalry collide with the harsh realities of colonial warfare, producing a novel that is equal parts Boys' Own adventure and surprisingly poignant meditation on brotherly love and self-sacrifice. Wren's prose is vivid and propulsive, steeped in the romanticism of the Legion's mythology while never shying from its cruelties, making Beau Geste one of the defining works of early 20th-century adventure fiction. This Reader's Digest edition presents Wren's classic in a beautifully produced format — but the real treasure lies within its pages, where the question of the stolen Blue Water sapphire remains one of literature's most satisfying reveals.
Author: Percival Christopher Wren
Format: Hardback
Genre: Adventure fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
In the scorching heart of the Sahara Desert, where honour is the only currency that matters, three English brothers — Michael, Digby, and John Geste — vanish from their family estate under a cloud of suspicion, each enlisting separately in the infamous French Foreign Legion to shield the others from disgrace. Beau Geste, first published in 1924, is a rip-roaring tale of loyalty, sacrifice, and the swashbuckling romance of soldiering, set against a brutal backdrop of desert forts, merciless officers, and the relentless African sun. The novel opens with a masterful hook: a relief column discovers a desert fort manned entirely by dead men — a mystery that Wren unravels with consummate storytelling skill across a gripping non-linear narrative. Percival Christopher Wren crafts a world where the codes of Victorian chivalry collide with the harsh realities of colonial warfare, producing a novel that is equal parts Boys' Own adventure and surprisingly poignant meditation on brotherly love and self-sacrifice. Wren's prose is vivid and propulsive, steeped in the romanticism of the Legion's mythology while never shying from its cruelties, making Beau Geste one of the defining works of early 20th-century adventure fiction. This Reader's Digest edition presents Wren's classic in a beautifully produced format — but the real treasure lies within its pages, where the question of the stolen Blue Water sapphire remains one of literature's most satisfying reveals.