Percival Christopher Wren

Percival Christopher Wren
Percival Christopher Wren was a British writer best known for his adventure novel "Beau Geste," published in 1924. Born in 1875, Wren worked as a school teacher and civil servant before turning to writing. His experiences in the British Army and travels to distant places inspired many of his adventure tales, often set in the French Foreign Legion. Wren's novels, especially the "Beau Geste" series, became immensely popular and contributed to the romanticized image of the Legion in early 20th-century literature.

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CHAPTER I. THE MAN. (Mainly concerning the early life of John Robin Ross-Ellison.) Truth is stranger than fiction, and many of the coincidences of real life are truly stranger than the most daring imaginings of the fictionist. Now, I, Major Michael Malet-Marsac, happened at the moment to be thinking of my dear and deeply lamented friend John Ross-Ellison, and to be pondering, for the thousandth time,... more...

CHAPTER I. THE SNAKE AND THE SOUL. When Colonel Matthew Devon de Warrenne, V.C., D.S.O., of the Queen's Own (118th) Bombay Lancers, pinned his Victoria Cross to the bosom of his dying wife's night-dress, in token of his recognition that she was the braver of the twain, he was not himself. He was beside himself with grief. Afterwards he adjured the sole witness of this impulsive and emotional... more...