When was the novel 'Beau Geste' written?

1924 is the year in which the adventure novel "Beau Geste" written by Percival Christopher Wren (November 1, 1875-November 22, 1941) was published.

Specifically, the novel takes its name from the hero, John Geste. The last name Geste is a French masculine noun which means "deed, gesture." In the title, the first Word beau also is French and means "beautiful, fine, good, gracious, handsome." The pronunciation will be "boh zhehst" in French.

The author followed the novel with three sequels: "Beau Sabreur" ("Handsome SWordsman") in 1926; "Beau Ideal" in 1928; "Good Gestes: Stories of Beau Geste, his Brothers, and Certain of Their Comrades in the French Foreign Legion" in 1929.