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* LockedRoomMystery: The theft of the stone. Also, the scene at the beginning where the relief forces that arrive at Zinderneuf (which has been burned and all of the garrison killed)
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** The Blue Water sapphire disappears in a room where nobody is except the six relatives of its owner when the lights go out for about twenty seconds. No one else could have entered the room without letting light in by opening the door.
** When a relief column arrives at Fort Zindernuef, they see [[ElCidPloy scores of dead soldiers propped up on the walls]], and then someone shoots at them from inside the fort. One legionnaire enters the fort with a grappling hook but never reappears, causing his commander to climb after him. In addition to the bodies slumped against the wall, the commander finds a sergeant who was stabbed to death, and Beau Geste, who was laid out peacefully after the sergeant was stabbed and is holding a letter confessing to the theft of a jewel. The commander searches thestone. Also, fort and finds no sign of the scene scout he sent or whoever shot at him. When he goes to open the gate for his men, Beau and the sergeant's bodies and the letter all have disappeared by the time he gets back. ''Then'' as soon as they've left the fort, someone still inside sets fire to it. The commander is left musing that his superiors will think he's crazy when he describes everything that happened. [[HowWeGotHere The climax reveals]] that [[spoiler:the man who shot at him, John Geste, went over the wall on the opposite side of the fort right after shooting at the beginning where approaching legionnaires, as he wants to desert. The scout who first entered the relief forces that arrive at Zinderneuf (which has been burned fort is John and all Beau's brother Digby, who found the letter and then slumped over the wall, pretending to be one of the garrison killed)dead soldiers, when his superior entered the fort. When his superior went to open the gate, Digby dragged the bodies to a room the commander had already searched to give Beau a VikingFuneral and prevent him from being posthumously branded as a thief. After setting the fire, he then escaped over the opposite wall himself.]]
** The Blue Water sapphire disappears in a room where nobody is except the six relatives of its owner when the lights go out for about twenty seconds. No one else could have entered the room without letting light in by opening the door.
** When a relief column arrives at Fort Zindernuef, they see [[ElCidPloy scores of dead soldiers propped up on the walls]], and then someone shoots at them from inside the fort. One legionnaire enters the fort with a grappling hook but never reappears, causing his commander to climb after him. In addition to the bodies slumped against the wall, the commander finds a sergeant who was stabbed to death, and Beau Geste, who was laid out peacefully after the sergeant was stabbed and is holding a letter confessing to the theft of a jewel. The commander searches the
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* CruelMercy: Markoff tells a pair of captured deserters who are half-dead from exposure to the ThirstyDesert that he could have them ShotAtDawn, but he won't ... Instead he's going to let them "escape" again. He then has the pleading men forcibly removed from the fort and orders two men to follow them and keep them from drinking from any watering holes, condemning them to die of thirst.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Lieutenant Martin lectures Markoff for mistreating the new recruits and makes a speech about the honorable side of being a legionnaire. From his sickbed, he also tries to order Markoff not to use any violence to punish two deserters.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Gussie hangs out with his adopted cousins a lot, but they view each other with mutual annoyance. Gussie is actually pleased to role-play as King Arthur's betrayer Modred when Beau is role-playing as King Arthur.
--> '''Martin:''' The men must be led, not driven.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Gussie hangs out with his adopted cousins a lot, but they view each other with mutual annoyance. Gussie is actually pleased to role-play as King Arthur's betrayer Modred when Beau is role-playing as King Arthur.
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* MistakenConfession: The brothers each jokingly claim to have the missing sapphire and make up stories about what they'll do with the money, while ducking around the issue who really does have it. Unfortunately, another legionnaire is eavesdropping on them and takes them seriously.
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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Said nearly word-for-word when Markoff makes the spy who ratted out the mutiny stand guard in a tower that the raiders have a good shot at. The guy faces his fate with more dignity than most examples of the trope, though.
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It has been adapted several times for both theater stage and cinema, screen, including a 1926 silent film starring Creator/RonaldColman, a 1939 film version directed by Creator/WilliamAWellman and starring Creator/GaryCooper and a 1977 [[Film/TheLastRemakeOfBeauGeste spoof]] directed by and starring Creator/MartyFeldman. ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' play "Under Two Floorboards" is actually their version of this thing, not ''Literature/UnderTwoFlags''.
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''Beau Geste'' is a 1924 British adventure novel by Percival Christopher Wren. It details the adventures of the orphaned Geste brothers -- Michael (also known as Beau), his twin Digby, and their younger brother John -- in the French Foreign Legion. This novel is most known for its popularization of the LegionOfLostSouls trope.
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''Beau Geste'' is a 1924 British adventure novel by Percival Christopher Wren. It details the adventures of the orphaned Geste brothers -- Michael (also known as Beau), his twin Digby, and their younger brother John -- in the French Foreign Legion. This novel is most best known for its popularization of the LegionOfLostSouls trope.
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''Beau Geste'' is a 1924 British adventure novel by Percival Christopher Wren. It details the adventures of the orphaned Geste brothers -- Michael (also known as Beau), his twin Digby, and their younger brother John.John -- in the French Foreign Legion. This novel is most known for its popularization of the LegionOfLostSouls trope.
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''Beau Geste'' is a 1924 British adventure 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. LegionOfLostSouls trope.
It has been adapted for both theater and cinema, including a 1939 film version directed by Creator/WilliamAWellman and starring Creator/GaryCooper and a 1977 [[Film/TheLastRemakeOfBeauGeste spoof]] directed by and starring Creator/MartyFeldman.Radio/TheGoonShow ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' play "Under Two Floorboards" is actually their version of this thing, not ''Literature/UnderTwoFlags''.
It has been adapted for both theater and cinema, including a 1939 film version directed by Creator/WilliamAWellman and starring Creator/GaryCooper and a 1977 [[Film/TheLastRemakeOfBeauGeste spoof]] directed by and starring Creator/MartyFeldman.
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* KnightsArmorHideout: Hiding in a suit of armour was how Michael "Beau" Geste knew that [[spoiler:the Blue Water had been replaced with a fake - he saw his aunt selling the real Blue Water while she was unaware that he could see her from his hiding place in the armour]].
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* KnightsArmorHideout: Hiding in a suit of armour was how Michael "Beau" Geste knew that [[spoiler:the Blue Water had been replaced with a fake - -- he saw his aunt selling the real Blue Water while she was unaware that he could see her from his hiding place in the armour]].
* SeaOfSand: Both the 1939 and 1966 productions emphasize the sea of sand aspect of the Sahara -- justified in this case, as the French Foreign Legion fought its wars in French North African colonies that involved garrisoning forts in the deeper desert.
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''Beau Geste'' 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, including a 1939 film starring Creator/GaryCooper and a 1977 [[Film/TheLastRemakeOfBeauGeste spoof]] directed by and starring Creator/MartyFeldman. TheGoonShow Radio/TheGoonShow play "Under Two Floorboards" is actually their version of this thing, not ''Literature/UnderTwoFlags''.
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''Beau Geste'' 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, including a 1939 film starring Creator/GaryCooper and a 1977 [[Film/TheLastRemakeOfBeauGeste spoof]] directed by and starring Creator/MartyFeldman.
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* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler: Digby]], but of a more subdued manner [[spoiler: and not for long anyway.]]
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** Michael's nickname, 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 decided to stage a theft of the stone to deflect blame from his aunt, and thus was a beautiful gesture to her.]]
** Lejaune, the commander of Fort Zinderneuf, whose name means "the yellow" in French. Yellow is not a colour with positive overtones in English, chief among them being cowardice [[spoiler: and Lejaune does end up betraying the heroes during the siege of Zinderneuf before earning himself a KarmicDeath]]. Also noteworthy in that a discharge notice in the French army during this period was known as a "cartouche jaune" (yellow paper), symbolically implying that Lejaune was unfit for service in the regular army.
** Lejaune, the commander of Fort Zinderneuf, whose name means "the yellow" in French. Yellow is not a colour with positive overtones in English, chief among them being cowardice [[spoiler: and Lejaune does end up betraying the heroes during the siege of Zinderneuf before earning himself a KarmicDeath]]. Also noteworthy in that a discharge notice in the French army during this period was known as a "cartouche jaune" (yellow paper), symbolically implying that Lejaune was unfit for service in the regular army.
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** Lejaune, the commander of Fort Zinderneuf, whose name means "the yellow" in French. Yellow is not a colour with positive overtones in English, chief among them being cowardice[[spoiler: and Lejaune does end up betraying the heroes during the siege of Zinderneuf before earning himself a KarmicDeath]].KarmicDeath. Also noteworthy in that a discharge notice in the French army during this period was known as a "cartouche jaune" (yellow paper), symbolically implying that Lejaune was unfit for service in the regular army.
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* VikingFuneral: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] early on in the book. [[spoiler: Later, the dying Michael asks John to burn his body in the fort at Zinderneuf, which he does.]]
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* VikingFuneral: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] early on in the book. [[spoiler: Later, the dying Michael asks John to burn his body in the fort at Zinderneuf, which he does.]]
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''Beau Geste'' 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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** Lejaune, the commander of Fort Zinderneuf, whose name means "the yellow" in French. Yellow is not a colour with positive overtones in English, chief among them being cowardice [[spoiler: and Lejaune does end up betraying the heroes during the siege of Zinderneuf before earning himself a KarmicDeath]]. Also noteworthy in that a discharge notice in the French army during this period was known as a "cartouche jaune" (yellow paper).
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** Lejaune, the commander of Fort Zinderneuf, whose name means "the yellow" in French. Yellow is not a colour with positive overtones in English, chief among them being cowardice [[spoiler: and Lejaune does end up betraying the heroes during the siege of Zinderneuf before earning himself a KarmicDeath]]. Also noteworthy in that a discharge notice in the French army during this period was known as a "cartouche jaune" (yellow paper).paper), symbolically implying that Lejaune was unfit for service in the regular army.
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** Lejaune, the commander of Fort Zinderneuf, whose name means "the yellow" in French. Yellow is not a colour with positive overtones in English, chief among them being cowardice [[spoiler: and Lejaune does end up betraying the heroes during the siege of Zinderneuf before earning himself a KarmicDeath]].
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** Lejaune, the commander of Fort Zinderneuf, whose name means "the yellow" in French. Yellow is not a colour with positive overtones in English, chief among them being cowardice [[spoiler: and Lejaune does end up betraying the heroes during the siege of Zinderneuf before earning himself a KarmicDeath]]. Also noteworthy in that a discharge notice in the French army during this period was known as a "cartouche jaune" (yellow paper).
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* ElCidPloy: At the climax of the book, Lejaune orders the brothers to prop up the dead legionnaires to look like they're still alive and defending the fort.
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* MeaningfulName: Michael's nickname, 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 decided to stage a theft of the stone to deflect blame from his aunt, and thus was a beautiful gesture to her.]]
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** Michael's nickname, 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 decided to stage a theft of the stone to deflect blame from his aunt, and thus was a beautiful gesture to her.]]
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* OfCorpseHesAlive: At the climax of the book, when Lejaune orders the brothers to prop up the dead Legionnaires to look like they're still alive and defending the fort. Taken seriously, however.
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* BedouinRescueService: Near the end of the book when the heroes are wandering through the Sahara after deserting from the Legion.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Though he's not a drill sergeant, [[MeaningfulName Lejaune's]] [[FrenchJerk personality]] fits. To the point where the Legionnaires mutiny.
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* CunningLinguist: One of the old Legionnaires whom the brothers look up to reveals that he speaks English as well as several other languages. Also, Michael decides that he and his brother ought to learn Arabic and they end up becoming fluent in it after a while, which comes in handy later.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Though he's not a drill sergeant,[[MeaningfulName Lejaune's]] Lejaune's [[FrenchJerk personality]] fits. To fits, to the point where the Legionnaires mutiny.
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* HonorBeforeReason: rather an extreme version.
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* 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.]]
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* 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.]]
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* HonorBeforeReason: rather an extreme version.
Michael's reason for leaving England to enlist in the Legion, and that of his brothers for joining him after they find out what he's done.
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ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: The famous Legionnaire's uniform, which at the time consisted of a blue tunic, red breeches and a white cap, all made of heavy wool. This makes them sitting ducks to the native tribesmen who are dressed much more practically for the climate.
* LegionOfLostSouls: Is it ever. Most of the Legionnaires are criminals and/or conscripts who had no choice but to enlist. The three brothers stand out for their upper-class roots and education.
* LockedRoomMystery: The theft of the stone. Also, the scene at the beginning where the relief forces that arrive at Zinderneuf (which has been burned and all of the garrison killed)
* MeaningfulName: Michael's nickname, 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 Michael decided to stage a theft of the stone to deflect blame from his aunt, and thus make was a beautiful gesture for to her.]] ]]
** Lejaune, the commander of Fort Zinderneuf, whose name means "the yellow" in French. Yellow is not a colour with positive overtones in English, chief among them being cowardice [[spoiler: and Lejaune does end up betraying the heroes during the siege of Zinderneuf before earning himself a KarmicDeath]].
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* LegionOfLostSouls: Is it ever. Most of the Legionnaires are criminals and/or conscripts who had no choice but to enlist. The three brothers stand out for their upper-class roots and education.
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** Lejaune, the commander of Fort Zinderneuf, whose name means "the yellow" in French. Yellow is not a colour with positive overtones in English, chief among them being cowardice [[spoiler: and Lejaune does end up betraying the heroes during the siege of Zinderneuf before earning himself a KarmicDeath]].
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* OfCorpseHesAlive: The climax of the book. Taken seriously, however.
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* OfficerAndAGentleman: What the three brothers end up becoming in the Legion.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: John thinks to himself that the native Tuaregs are barbaric and savage as opposed to the civilized French. Really, they just [[OccupiersOutOfOurCountry want the French out of North Africa.]]
* OfficerAndAGentleman: What the three brothers end up becoming in the Legion.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: John thinks to himself that the native Tuaregs are barbaric and savage as opposed to the civilized French. Really, they just [[OccupiersOutOfOurCountry want the French out of North Africa.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: The Geste's to each other. Also [[ThoseTwoGuys Hank and Buddy.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: TheGeste's Gestes to each other. Also [[ThoseTwoGuys Also, Hank and Buddy.]]Buddy.
* UpperClassWit: All three of the brothers, especially Michael.
* VikingFuneral: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] early on in the book. [[spoiler: Later, the dying Michael asks John to burn his body in the fort at Zinderneuf, which he does.]]
* VolleyingInsults: When they first meet, John and Hank trade some good-natured barbs about the FriendlyRivalry between their respective countries.
* TrainingFromHell: The Legion's training, which consists largely of incredibly long marches through the scorching desert.
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* UpperClassWit: All three of the brothers, especially Michael.
* VikingFuneral: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] early on in the book. [[spoiler: Later, the dying Michael asks John to burn his body in the fort at Zinderneuf, which he does.]]
* VolleyingInsults: When they first meet, John and Hank trade some good-natured barbs about the FriendlyRivalry between their respective countries.
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''Beau Geste'' 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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!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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