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Biggles and the Black Peril (Biggles, 17)

Biggles and the Black Peril (Biggles, 17)

by W E Johns (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 1995

    $3.39

  • Used

    Hardcover 1977

    $3.25
Synopsis

When zero visibility forces Biggles to land his Vandal amphibian aircraft on the North Sea he thinks he's just got a spot of aeroplane bother. Bigger trouble is ahead for Biggles when he takes an unchartered ride in a flying boat manned by 'Blackbeard' - a cohort of the Russian Airfleet and accomplice in a plot to bomb Britain.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Edition: Revised ed.
 Publisher: Red Fox
Published: 01 Jun 1995
ISBN 10: 0099977605
ISBN 13: 9780099977605
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: Biggles is back! And with new retro-style covers he's bigger than ever.

Author Bio
Captain W. E. Johns was born in Hertfordshire in 1893. He flew with the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and made a daring escape from a German prison camp in 1918. Between the wars he edited Flying and Popular Flying and became a writer for the Ministry of Defence. The First Biggles story, Biggles the Camels are Coming was published in 1932, and W. E. Johns went on to write a staggering 102 Biggles titles before his death in 1968.