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Beau Geste by P.C. Wren

Beau Geste

P.C. Wren

Start Publishing PD · Print & ebook · April 23, 2024

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Who it’s for
A rollicking classic for readers drawn to prewar adventure, family intrigue, and Legion life.
Genres
War Fiction, Action & Adventure, The Classics
Published
Start Publishing PD, April 23, 2024

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About this book

Beau Geste is a rollicking adventure story of the French Foreign Legion. Set in the period before World War I it has captured the imagination of generation after generation. The Gestes brothers orphans from a well to do family. When suspicion of theft of a family heir loom falls upon the boys they separately decide to dun off and find seek their fortune with the French Foreign Legion. Adventure danger and destiny await them.

Legion Adventure

A rollicking classic for readers drawn to prewar adventure, family intrigue, and Legion life.

Come here for

  • French Foreign Legion adventure in the years before World War I
  • A family mystery opening onto danger and fortune-seeking

Expect

  • An old-fashioned adventure shaped by danger and destiny
  • The Gestes brothers’ separate paths into the French Foreign Legion

Where it sits

Action & Adventure72%
War Fiction56%
The Classics36%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • The Classics
  • World War I Historical Fiction
Authors
P.C. Wren
Publisher
Start Publishing PD
Published
April 23, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Action & Adventure