The great classic story of the French Foreign Legion and the three Geste brothers, John, Digby, and Michael, the oldest, who was called Beau.
These inseparable boys were adopted by Lady Brandon a wealthy woman who included among her treasures a magnificent sapphire called “The Blue Water”. The story tells of their life in England, how the sapphire went missing and Beau’s sudden departure from the home of Lady Brandon to join the French Foreign Legion. Beau’s brothers joined him later; all of them had confessed to stealing the gem.
The life and hardships endured by Legionnaires, the assignment to North Africa, the great battle at the fort of Zinderneuf and the harsh treatment of the Legionnaires by the brutal and sadistic Sergeant Markoff are all told in this wonderful story. The “Viking funeral” was memorable!
In 1939 I saw the movie which stared Gary Cooper as Beau, Ray Milland as John and Robert Preston as Digby. Brian Donlevy was the mean Sergeant Markoff it was true to the novel that I have just read for the first time. A great boy’s story!!
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