--- product_id: 36888278 title: "Beau Geste" price: "£18.05" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/36888278-beau-geste store_origin: GB region: Great Britain --- # Beau Geste **Price:** £18.05 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Beau Geste - **How much does it cost?** £18.05 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/36888278-beau-geste) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Beau Geste [Wren, Percival Christopher] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Beau Geste Review: Duty and Honor Epitomized (Read Kindle Edition) - If you have a young man in your house who's not keen on reading, get him this book. That said, it's not a juvenile book. With one of the all-time great opening chapters, it draws you into a thrilling story of adventure and, above all, honor. A French force speeding to relieve an embattled fortress finds its occupants all dead at their posts and fort's the commanding officer murdered, yet somehow the outpost remains unconquered. From this beginning, PC Wren weaves the story of how these strange events transpired, and their connection to the theft of a priceless Indian Sapphire. At the center of the tale are the Geste brothers, three heroes from another time--brave, tough, intelligent, funny, bound by duty and honor--and they are still worthy of our admiration. There is no glorification of violence here, nor any adolescent fantasies about indestructibility. The Geste brothers understand danger, yet they also understand the virtue and occasional necessity of maintaining a stiff upper lip (or even laughing) in the face of death. They are utterly devoted to each other and to upholding their gentlemanly honor--indeed, honor is at the center of the story. PC Wren writes with great verve, humor and humanity (excepting a few then-acceptable racial stereotypes). I was genuinely sorry to see it end. A note on the Kindle Edition: I read the Thomas C. Breuer version, which as far as I can tell is the only version currently available for the Kindle. The formatting is excellent, with an active table of contents. Books like this--out of print in hard copy or unavailable in affordable editions--make the Kindle worthwhile. For $3.99 you'll be hard-pressed to find a good hard copy. Review: Grand Adventure! - I read BEAU GESTE as a young lad wet behind the ears. The only part of the story that stayed with me through all the subsequent years was the Fort Zinderneuf under-siege sequence, which is a marvelous tale in its own right. So I had forgotten what a fun and entertaining read P.C. Wren's novel is--a tale of the three Brothers Geste (Beau, Digby, John) and a missing sapphire (the "Blue Water"), set in the Sahara desert at remote Fort Zinderneuf, manned by the French Foreign Legion and under the command of the evil and cunning Adjutant, Lejaune. This is such a riveting read, not only for the story, but it's a time capsule of the 1920s, when it was first published. Accordingly it very much has its own vocabulary, borrowing extensively from French, and three young upper class Brits in those days exchanged dialogue in a jolly delightful way. Courage. Devotion. Mystery. Intrigue. Heartbreak. Action. BEAU GESTE contains all of these elements, and the story is weaved seamlessly from (primarily) John's point of view. But do be prepared: Again, because this was written in a different age, many of the words, jargon, and slogans are jarring, and very politically incorrect. One star off due to this absolutely revolting Munsey's edtion. The type setting is an eyesore and the margins literally go right into the binding. Very tricky to read. If you get the chance to obtain a different edition I very much recommend doing so; otherwise get ready for one grand adventure. --D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #13,029,288 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #154,404 in Biographies (Books) #250,145 in Literature & Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (578) | | Dimensions | 6 x 0.78 x 9 inches | | ISBN-10 | 1849027390 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1849027397 | | Item Weight | 1.16 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 350 pages | | Publication date | May 23, 2010 | | Publisher | Benediction Classics | ## Images ![Beau Geste - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71hPN7xUFAL.jpg) ![Beau Geste - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41tTnEV6cAL.jpg) ![Beau Geste - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31Rj4n5hfzL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Duty and Honor Epitomized (Read Kindle Edition) *by A***W on March 13, 2009* If you have a young man in your house who's not keen on reading, get him this book. That said, it's not a juvenile book. With one of the all-time great opening chapters, it draws you into a thrilling story of adventure and, above all, honor. A French force speeding to relieve an embattled fortress finds its occupants all dead at their posts and fort's the commanding officer murdered, yet somehow the outpost remains unconquered. From this beginning, PC Wren weaves the story of how these strange events transpired, and their connection to the theft of a priceless Indian Sapphire. At the center of the tale are the Geste brothers, three heroes from another time--brave, tough, intelligent, funny, bound by duty and honor--and they are still worthy of our admiration. There is no glorification of violence here, nor any adolescent fantasies about indestructibility. The Geste brothers understand danger, yet they also understand the virtue and occasional necessity of maintaining a stiff upper lip (or even laughing) in the face of death. They are utterly devoted to each other and to upholding their gentlemanly honor--indeed, honor is at the center of the story. PC Wren writes with great verve, humor and humanity (excepting a few then-acceptable racial stereotypes). I was genuinely sorry to see it end. A note on the Kindle Edition: I read the Thomas C. Breuer version, which as far as I can tell is the only version currently available for the Kindle. The formatting is excellent, with an active table of contents. Books like this--out of print in hard copy or unavailable in affordable editions--make the Kindle worthwhile. For $3.99 you'll be hard-pressed to find a good hard copy. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Grand Adventure! *by D***S on June 6, 2011* I read BEAU GESTE as a young lad wet behind the ears. The only part of the story that stayed with me through all the subsequent years was the Fort Zinderneuf under-siege sequence, which is a marvelous tale in its own right. So I had forgotten what a fun and entertaining read P.C. Wren's novel is--a tale of the three Brothers Geste (Beau, Digby, John) and a missing sapphire (the "Blue Water"), set in the Sahara desert at remote Fort Zinderneuf, manned by the French Foreign Legion and under the command of the evil and cunning Adjutant, Lejaune. This is such a riveting read, not only for the story, but it's a time capsule of the 1920s, when it was first published. Accordingly it very much has its own vocabulary, borrowing extensively from French, and three young upper class Brits in those days exchanged dialogue in a jolly delightful way. Courage. Devotion. Mystery. Intrigue. Heartbreak. Action. BEAU GESTE contains all of these elements, and the story is weaved seamlessly from (primarily) John's point of view. But do be prepared: Again, because this was written in a different age, many of the words, jargon, and slogans are jarring, and very politically incorrect. One star off due to this absolutely revolting Munsey's edtion. The type setting is an eyesore and the margins literally go right into the binding. Very tricky to read. If you get the chance to obtain a different edition I very much recommend doing so; otherwise get ready for one grand adventure. --D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An unusually fine book for adults *by C***R on March 28, 2014* It seems that quite a few people read this book as youngsters and then went back to it as adults. I am well past my middle years, but had never read this book. I found it to be complex, well-written, riveting in its plot. As has been mentioned, it is not politically correct in some areas, to the point of being really distasteful in the description of the "Hebraic" pawnbroker. But that said, it's a terrific book. Characters are well-drawn, and you surely do care about them. An exciting and intellectually interesting book. 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