Percival Christopher Wren (1 November 1875 [1] – 22 November 1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.

Beau Geste is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Published in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I.

Wren immortalized the French Foreign Legion in Beau Geste and many other novels of high adventure and romance. Contents: What’s in a Name; A Gentleman of Colour; David and His Incredible Jonathan; The McSnorrt Reminiscent; Mad Murphy’s Miracle; Buried Treasure; If Wishes Were Horses; The Devil and Digby Geste; The Mule; Low Finance ...

P.C. Wren has 122 books on Goodreads with 10612 ratings. P.C. Wren’s most popular book is Beau Geste (Beau Geste #1).

Percival Christopher Wren (1 November 1875 – 22 November 1941) was a British writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924 involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, and its sequels, Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal.

Percival Christopher Wren is best known as a novelist, publishing twenty-eight novels from 1912 to 1941, the most famous of which being Beau Geste (1924). Wren also published seven short story collections: Stepsons of France (1917), The Young Stagers...

He is best known for the novel Beau Geste (1924), probably the most popular work ever written about the French Foreign Legion, and its sequels Beau Sabreur (1926) and Beau Ideal (1928). ...

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