Author:Percival Christopher Wren

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Percival Christopher Wren
(1875–1941)

British writer, mostly of adventure fiction; remembered for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924 involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, and its sequels.

Percival Christopher Wren

Works[edit]

The Beau Geste quartet
  • Beau Geste (1924 UK/1925 US)
  • Beau Sabreur (1926 UK/US)
  • Beau Ideal (1928 UK/US)
  • Spanish Maine (published in the US as The Desert Heritage) (1935 UK)

Non-fiction[edit]

  • The Indian Teacher's Guide to the Theory and Practice of Mental, Moral, and Physical Education (1910 Bombay)
  • Indian School Organization, Management, Discipline, Tone, and Equipment, Being the Indian Headmaster's Guide (1911 Bombay) (external scan)
  • The Direct Teaching of English in Indian Schools (1911 Bombay)
  • Chemistry and First Aid for Standard VII with H. E. H. Pratt (1913 Bombay)
  • Physics and Mechanics with N.B. Macmillan (1914 Bombay)
  • A Health Reader For Indian High Schools (1914 Bombay) (external scan)
  • With the Prince through Canada, New Zealand, and Australia (1922 Bombay)

Edited and revised works[edit]

  • The World of India, Adapted for Use in Indian Schools, edited by Wren (1905 Calcutta)
  • Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, edited and simplified by Wren (1912 UK)
  • Longman's Science Series for Indian High Schools, 11 volumes edited by Wren (1913–14 Bombay)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1941, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 82 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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