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26th Mar '13 2:59:12 AM Frank75

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''BeauGeste'' is a 1924 novel by Percival Christopher Wren. It details the adventures of the orphaned brothers Michael (also known as Beau), his twin Digby, and their younger brother John. This novel is most known for its popularization of the French Foreign Legion. It has been adapted for both theater and cinema.

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!This novel provides examples of the following tropes:

* TheAce: Michael, especially in the eyes of his idolizing brothers.
* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler: Digby]], but of a more subdued manner [[spoiler: and not for long anyway.]]
* BadassArmy: The French Foreign Legion, as romanticized by the book.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: While John lives and the real reason for the loss of the Blue Water is revealed, his brothers and friends are dead.]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: Though he's not a drill sergeant, [[MeaningfulName Lejaune's]] [[FrenchJerk personality]] fits. To the point where the Legionnaires mutiny.
* {{Eagleland}}: Hank and Buddy are primarily type 1.
* {{Homage}}: given in {{Peanuts}}
* HonorBeforeReason: rather an extreme version.
* LegionOfLostSouls
* MeaningfulName: Beau Geste, meaning "beautiful gesture" in French. Takes on FridgeBrilliance once the truth about the Blue Water is revealed. [[spoiler: It turns out Lady Patricia sold the stone and arranged for a duplicate made; Michael/Beau decided to stage a theft of the stone to deflect blame from his aunt, and thus make a beautiful gesture for her.]] 
* MineralMacGuffin: The sapphire, Blue Water.
* OfCorpseHesAlive: The climax of the book. Taken seriously, however.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Comparing ''Beau Geste'' with Simon Murray's ''Legionnaire'', a real-life account of the French Foreign Legion, it is apparent that the point where Lejaune draws the line on his {{Drill Sergeant Nasty}} treatment of the legionnaires is about the point where the real-life sergeants ''start''.
* ShoutOut: The whole "leave dead guys firing" plot resembles that in ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''.
* SiblingTeam : The Gestes.
* UndyingLoyalty: The Geste's to each other. Also [[ThoseTwoGuys Hank and Buddy.]]

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17th May '12 10:36:11 PM PaulA

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