His first work of note was Beau Brummell (1890), set in the English Regency, which became a lucrative showcase for actor Richard Mansfield (1857–1907), who would play the title role for the rest of his life.
Beau Brummell, the dandy of his day in the early 19th century, would discuss his current fragrances at length with Mr Floris.
Beau Bridges | Beau Hill | Beau Sia | Beau Geste | The Beau Brummels | Beau Brummell | Beau Walker | Beau Smith | Beau Biden | Just a Little (The Beau Brummels song) | Beau Waters | Beau Dommage | Beau Bokan | Beau Walker (Celebrity) | Beau Nash | The Last Remake of Beau Geste | The Beau Brummels, Volume 2 | Old Rosin the Beau | Le Ton beau de Marot | Le Beau Serge | Il doit faire beau là-bas | Heinie Beau | Beau Sancy | Beau-Rivage Palace | Beau Riffenburgh | Beau James | Beau Ideal | Beau Geste (1939 film) | Beau Geste (1926 film) | Beau dommage (album, 1974) |
White's, with which (like Blades), Beau Brummell, Horace Walpole, and Edward Gibbon had some association and where M’s real-life counterpart, Sir Stewart Menzies, was a member, and where Fleming too was a member until moving to Boodle’s; and
The book includes vignettes of a number of historical personages, notably the Prince Regent, Lord Nelson, Sir John Lade, Lord Cochrane and Beau Brummell.
Simon Bent is a British screenwriter and playwright, notable for work including BBC TV drama Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2006), the screenplay for the feature film Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000), and the Joe Orton biographical play Prick Up Your Ears based on John Lahr's book.