Percival Christopher Wren's BEAU GESTE is a thrilling mystery story of love, courage and self-sacrifice in the French Foreign Legion, fighting in the deserts of Africa before the Great War. Anyone, man or woman, who likes wild adventure will relish the tale, and those who have read "The Wages of Virtue," or seen the film, will give it a special welcome.
As advertised in 1925, BEAU GESTE has won a unanimous vote of praise from the critics. Below are some of their opinions:
"Well-told, absorbing romance."
—Morning Post.
"A story of rare quality from every point of view."
—Daily Telegraph.
"Told with rare skill and delicacy."
—Westminster Gazette.
"A most stimulating, and at times hair-raising, story of adventure."
—Daily Graphic.
"Very exciting reading."
—Spectator.
A spanking yarn, brimming with high spirits and vitality.
—The New Statesman.
His Algerian pen-pictures are quite unusually forceful and descriptive."
—The Field.
"Unquestionably a great story."
—Truth.
"Should find a big public."
—The Graphic.
"If you want romance of the healthiest kind, 'Beau Geste' will give it you."
—Bystander.
"A really stirring and romantic story."-Queen. "One of the best and strangest adventure stories of recent years."
—The Gentlewoman.
"One of the most exciting stories we have read for many a long day-ingenious and thrilling."
—Guardian.
"A story to stir the pulses : a vivid picture."-Christian World. Written with both skill and verve."
—Review of Reviews.
