Frank Thompson's THE COMPLEAT BEAU GESTE on sale now
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2023 6:08 am
Frank Thompson is simply put one of our best film historians, and his latest book THE COMPLEAT BEAU GESTE is a culmination of his many decades of research on everything involving the foreign legion in media, it is way more than just documenting P.C. Wren's classic book and its various incarnations in movies, television radio and stage, it really is a history of how foreign legions were presented in fiction.
It's a beautiful book, lavishly illustrated, with Frank's incredible research and entertaining and informational writing style, 456 pages, 1200 pieces of stills and artwork, it is a real pleasure to read as well. This one suggests you pick it up and enjoy, and get a genuine education in an era and a classic not well covered in other texts. And get it while you can, in these days of self -publishing, frequently the only way to go to get it done right and not have to deal with some mega or small press publisher clueless about the history and import of a book about movies more than twenty years old, one never knows how long an opportunity one has to purchase it (how many of you missed out on getting my book folks, and sadly, Frank's last excellent book with John Gallagher on the films of William Wellman is already out of print).
It's on amazon, in both hard cover and paperback, what are you waiting for?:
https://www.amazon.com/Compleat-Beau-Ge ... 130&sr=1-1
RICHARD M ROBERTS
It's a beautiful book, lavishly illustrated, with Frank's incredible research and entertaining and informational writing style, 456 pages, 1200 pieces of stills and artwork, it is a real pleasure to read as well. This one suggests you pick it up and enjoy, and get a genuine education in an era and a classic not well covered in other texts. And get it while you can, in these days of self -publishing, frequently the only way to go to get it done right and not have to deal with some mega or small press publisher clueless about the history and import of a book about movies more than twenty years old, one never knows how long an opportunity one has to purchase it (how many of you missed out on getting my book folks, and sadly, Frank's last excellent book with John Gallagher on the films of William Wellman is already out of print).
It's on amazon, in both hard cover and paperback, what are you waiting for?:
https://www.amazon.com/Compleat-Beau-Ge ... 130&sr=1-1
RICHARD M ROBERTS