P. C. Wren

Percival Christopher Wren
Percival Christopher Wren
	Percival Christopher Wren 1914–15
Born	Percival Christopher Wren; 1 November 1875; Deptford, South London, England; United Kingdom
Died	22 November 1941 (aged 66)
Occupation	Author, educator
Nationality	British
Alma mater	St Catherine's Society (St Catherine's College, Oxford)
Notable works	Beau Geste (1924)
Spouse	Alice Lucille (−1914, her death); Isabel (1928–);
Children	Estelle Wren (1901–1910); Percival Rupert Christopher Wren (1904–);

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. This was one of 33 novels and short story collections that he wrote,^[2] mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa.

^ H. F. Oxbury, ‘Wren, Percival Christopher (1875–1941)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006
^ Martin Windrow, page 626 Our Friends Beneath the Sands – The Foreign Legion in France's Colonial Conquests 1870–1935, ISBN 978-0-297-85213-1

[1] H. F. Oxbury, ‘Wren, Percival Christopher (1875–1941)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006

[2] Martin Windrow, page 626 Our Friends Beneath the Sands – The Foreign Legion in France's Colonial Conquests 1870–1935, ISBN 978-0-297-85213-1

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Percival Christopher Wren
Percival Christopher Wren 1914–15
Born	Percival Christopher Wren (1875-11-01)1 November 1875 Deptford, South London, England United Kingdom
Died	22 November 1941(1941-11-22) (aged 66)
Occupation	Author, educator
Nationality	British
Alma mater	St Catherine's Society (St Catherine's College, Oxford)
Notable works	Beau Geste (1924)
Spouse	Alice Lucille (−1914, her death) Isabel (1928–)
Children	Estelle Wren (1901–1910) Percival Rupert Christopher Wren (1904–)

P. C. Wren

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