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Biggles Defends the Desert (Biggles, 13)

Biggles Defends the Desert (Biggles, 13)

by WEJohns (Author)

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    Paperback 2015

    $9.81
Synopsis

LOST IN THE DESERT! It's the Second World War and Biggles is in the desert, defending the vital air-route from the West coast of Africa to the Middle East. Urgent stores, dispatches and important officials and officers are regularly flown over this route, but lately a number of planes have unaccountably failed to arrive at their destinations. They've disappeared on route and Biggles is there to find out why - and stop it happening again. Join cult hero and flying ace, Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth on another action packed adventure!

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Publisher: Red Fox
Published: 27 Aug 2015
ISBN 10: 1782950397
ISBN 13: 9781782950394
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: Reissued with a stunning new cover, this is the perfect introduction to this classic adventure series for new readers.

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.