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Percival Christopher Wren

Nov 01, 1875 - Nov 22, 1941 (66 years old) in England, United Kingdom

Percival Christopher Wren (1 November 1875 – 22 November 1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste (1924), a much-filmed book involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. This was one of 33 novels and short story collections that he wrote, mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa.

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