Beau Ideal Author:P. C. Wren 1925. Wren immortalized the French Foreign Legion in Beau Geste and many other novels of high adventure and romance. Beau Ideal is the sequel to Beau Geste. Contents: Prologue; The Story of Otis Vanbrugh; Epilogue. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 0766194272, 0766193594.