Bibliographical Information:<Tab/><Tab/> Wren, P.C. (Percival Christopher), Beau Geste, Great Britain: Kent Chatham, 1994, pp.339. Book Summary: Beau Geste is a romantic adventure set in the searing heat of the Sahara Desert. The story concerns the Geste brothers who disappear from England to avoid scandal and become members of the French Foreign Legion, include brotherly loyalty, patriotic honor, self-sacrifice, and treachery. Beau Geste was the subject …showed first 75 words of 1541 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1541 total…and fulfill his brother's childhood request for a fiery "Viking's funeral." As the funeral pyre begins to burn (and soon sets the entire fort on fire), he plays his muted bugle in tribute, and then escapes over the back wall as he hears rifle shots diverting the relief column into the nearby oasis. Outside the fort, John fired diversionary shots on the relief column to make it look as if there was an Arab attack.]