P. C. Wren

P. C. Wren
P. C. Wren
Nascimento	Percival Christopher Wren 1 de novembro de 1875 Deptford
Morte	22 de novembro de 1941 (66 anos) Gloucestershire
Cidadania	Reino Unido
Alma mater	St Catherine's College
Ocupação	escritor, romancista
Obras destacadas	Beau Geste
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Percival Christopher Wren (1885, Devon, Inglaterra - 22 de novembro de 1941, Londres), mais conhecido como P. C. Wren, foi um militar e escritor britânico, autor de novelas de aventuras. Seu livro mais conhecido é Beau Geste, adaptado varias vezes para o cinema.

Obras publicadas

• 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)
• The Direct Teaching of English in Indian Schools (1911 Bombay)
• Dew and Mildew: Semi-Detached Stories from Darabad, India (1912 UK)
• Chemistry and First Aid for Standard VII with H.E.H. Pratt (1913 Bombay)
• Father Gregory; or, Lures and Failures: A Tale of Hindustan (1913 UK/1926 USA)
• Physics and Mechanics with N.B. Macmillan (1914 Bombay)
• Snake and Sword (1914 UK)
• The Wages of Virtue (1916 UK/1917 USA)
• Driftwood Spars (1916 UK/1927 USA)
• Stepsons of France (1917 UK/1917 USA)
• The Young Stagers, Being Further Faites and Gestes of the Junior Carlton Club of Karabad, India… (1917 UK/1926 USA)
• Cupid in Africa; or, The Making of Bertran in Love and War - A Character Study (1920 UK)
• With the Prince through Canada, New Zealand, and Australia (1922 Bombay)
• The Snake and the Sword (1923 USA), reprint of 1914 text
• Beau Geste (1924 UK/1925 USA)
• Beau Sabreur (1926 UK/USA)
• Dew and Mildew: A Loose-Knit Tale of Hindustan (1927 USA), reprint of 1912 text
• Beau Ideal (1928 UK/USA)
• Good Gestes: Stories of Beau Geste, His Brothers, and Certain of Their Comrades in the French Foreign Legion (1929 UK/USA)
• Soldiers of Misfortune: The Story of Otho Belleme (1929 UK/USA)
• Mysterious Waye: The Story of "The Unsetting Sun" (1930 UK/USA)
• The Mammon of Righteousness: The Story of Coxe and the Box (1930 UK/USA)
• Sowing Glory: The Memoirs of Mary Ambree, The English Woman-Legionary (1931 UK/USA)
• Valiant Dust (1932 UK/USA)
• Action and Passion (1933 UK/USA)
• Flawed Blades: Tales from the Foreign Legion (1933 UK/USA)
• Beggars' Horses (1934 UK)
• Port o' Missing Men: Strange Tales of the Stranger Regiment (1934 UK/1943 USA)
• Sinbad the Soldier (1935 UK/USA)
• Explosion (1935 UK)
• Spanish Maine (1935 UK) Published as The Desert Heritage in USA
• Fort in the Jungle: The Extraordinary Adventures of Sinbad Dysart in Tonkin (1936 UK/USA)
• Bubble Reputation (1936 UK) Published as The Cortenay Treasure in USA
• The Man of a Ghost (1937 UK) Published as The Spur of Pride in USA
• Worth Wile (1937 UK) Published as To the Hilt in USA
• Cardboard Castle (1938 UK/USA)
• Rough Shooting: True Tales and Strange Stories (1938 UK/1944 USA)
• Paper Prison (1939 UK) Published as The Man the Devil Didn't Want in USA
• The Disappearance of General Jason (1940 UK)
• Two Feet from Heaven (1940 UK/1941 USA)
• Odd - But Even So: Stories Stranger Than Fiction (1941 UK/1942 USA)
• The Uniform of Glory (1941 UK)
• The Dark Woman (1943 USA), re-impressão 1934 UK texto Beggar' Horses
• The Hunting of Henri (1944 UK), re-impressão de conto
• Stories of the Foreign Legion (1947 UK), re-impressão de contos
• Dead Men's Boots and Other Tales from the Foreign Legion (1949 UK), re-impressão de contos

Ligações externas

• «Biography and bibliography» (em inglês) 
• Obras de P. C. Wren (em inglês) no Projeto Gutenberg