Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1800329377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The case of the pirate U-boat! Air Commodore Raymond has a thrilling new case for Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie, now the Scotland Yard Air Squad. Instead of surrendering at the end of the war, commander Von Schonbeck of submarine U-517 escaped to the south Indian ocean. From his base on an uncharted island, he has been waging his own personal war, very profitably. Among other booty, he is known to have acquired a sizeable quantity of gold. But there's very little to go on: the submarine sinks all the ships it preys upon, leaving no survivors. And Biggles & Co. have a hunting ground of a million square miles of air and ocean... Will they find the renegade submarine, or will it continue to prowl the depths? Has Biggles met his match in the hunt for the dastardly von Schonbeck?
Biggles: The Second Case
Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1800329377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The case of the pirate U-boat! Air Commodore Raymond has a thrilling new case for Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie, now the Scotland Yard Air Squad. Instead of surrendering at the end of the war, commander Von Schonbeck of submarine U-517 escaped to the south Indian ocean. From his base on an uncharted island, he has been waging his own personal war, very profitably. Among other booty, he is known to have acquired a sizeable quantity of gold. But there's very little to go on: the submarine sinks all the ships it preys upon, leaving no survivors. And Biggles & Co. have a hunting ground of a million square miles of air and ocean... Will they find the renegade submarine, or will it continue to prowl the depths? Has Biggles met his match in the hunt for the dastardly von Schonbeck?
Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1800329377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The case of the pirate U-boat! Air Commodore Raymond has a thrilling new case for Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie, now the Scotland Yard Air Squad. Instead of surrendering at the end of the war, commander Von Schonbeck of submarine U-517 escaped to the south Indian ocean. From his base on an uncharted island, he has been waging his own personal war, very profitably. Among other booty, he is known to have acquired a sizeable quantity of gold. But there's very little to go on: the submarine sinks all the ships it preys upon, leaving no survivors. And Biggles & Co. have a hunting ground of a million square miles of air and ocean... Will they find the renegade submarine, or will it continue to prowl the depths? Has Biggles met his match in the hunt for the dastardly von Schonbeck?
Biggles' Secret Assignment
Author: William Earl Johns
Publisher: Crows Nest
ISBN: 9781742371498
Category : Biggles
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
From the icy wastes of Antarctica to war-torn Korea - four fantastic stories in another bumper Biggles omnibus. Biggles becomes involved in four undercover operations in this third bumper omnibus of his classic adventure stories that take him from the icy wastes of Antartica to war-torn Korea: - hunting a Second World War German submarine loaded with stolen gold - battling with desperate villains over an ice-bound treasure ship - rescuing kidnapped scientists from a remote region of China - Tackling his arch enemy Erich Von Stalhein and teaming up with Gimlet King's special forces unit undercover in China.
Publisher: Crows Nest
ISBN: 9781742371498
Category : Biggles
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
From the icy wastes of Antarctica to war-torn Korea - four fantastic stories in another bumper Biggles omnibus. Biggles becomes involved in four undercover operations in this third bumper omnibus of his classic adventure stories that take him from the icy wastes of Antartica to war-torn Korea: - hunting a Second World War German submarine loaded with stolen gold - battling with desperate villains over an ice-bound treasure ship - rescuing kidnapped scientists from a remote region of China - Tackling his arch enemy Erich Von Stalhein and teaming up with Gimlet King's special forces unit undercover in China.
Biggles' Second Case
Sergeant Bigglesworth, CID
Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1800329369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The war is over... What next for Biggles? With the excitement of the war now past, Biggles and the gang cool their heels at headquarters, bored. But then former Air Commodore Raymond, newly returned to his civilian position in Scotland Yard, pays them a visit. There has been a spate of seemingly impossible heists recently, which can only have been pulled off by a gang of highly able pilots, with access to cutting-edge aircraft. Scotland Yard needs their help. Biggles makes a few calls, and learns that some German prototype aircraft rumoured to exist were never discovered when Germany surrendered... Could they be involved, somehow? The gang leaps into action and heads off to investigate, led by the now Detective Sergeant Bigglesworth! You can’t keep Biggles grounded for long! The globetrotting flying adventures continue, perfect for fans of Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.
Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1800329369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The war is over... What next for Biggles? With the excitement of the war now past, Biggles and the gang cool their heels at headquarters, bored. But then former Air Commodore Raymond, newly returned to his civilian position in Scotland Yard, pays them a visit. There has been a spate of seemingly impossible heists recently, which can only have been pulled off by a gang of highly able pilots, with access to cutting-edge aircraft. Scotland Yard needs their help. Biggles makes a few calls, and learns that some German prototype aircraft rumoured to exist were never discovered when Germany surrendered... Could they be involved, somehow? The gang leaps into action and heads off to investigate, led by the now Detective Sergeant Bigglesworth! You can’t keep Biggles grounded for long! The globetrotting flying adventures continue, perfect for fans of Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.
Biggles Second Case
Author: W. E. Johns
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340031582
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780340031582
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Biggles in the Terai
Author: William Earl Johns
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Biggles and Bertie come to the rescue when Algy Lacey is reported missing from a gold smuggling investigation in a marshy jungle area between North India and Nepal.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Biggles and Bertie come to the rescue when Algy Lacey is reported missing from a gold smuggling investigation in a marshy jungle area between North India and Nepal.
Biggles in the Orient
Author: W. E. Johns
Publisher: Red Fox Older Fiction
ISBN: 9780099938309
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
'You're out last hope, Bigglesworth,' said the Air Commodore, with something like despair in his voice. The war supply route between Calcutta and China is a vital one but something is attacking the planes that fly it. Again and again pilots set off, only to disappear somewhere along the line, never to be seen again. When Biggles and his team are called in to investigatem, flying the route is close to a suicide mission . . .
Publisher: Red Fox Older Fiction
ISBN: 9780099938309
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
'You're out last hope, Bigglesworth,' said the Air Commodore, with something like despair in his voice. The war supply route between Calcutta and China is a vital one but something is attacking the planes that fly it. Again and again pilots set off, only to disappear somewhere along the line, never to be seen again. When Biggles and his team are called in to investigatem, flying the route is close to a suicide mission . . .
Biggles and the Little Green God
Author: W. E. Johns
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Biggles and the Little Green God" by W. E. Johns. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Biggles and the Little Green God" by W. E. Johns. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Biggles Flies Again
Author: Capt. W.E. Johns
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 147947908X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Biggles Flies Again< is a collection of short stories, most of which first appeared in Popular Flying after 1933. The stories take place in the years between the first and second World War, when Biggles and Algy traveled around the world in search of work and adventure. Biggles Flies Again introduces Vickers Vandal Amphibian, which appears in many of the interwar novels.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 147947908X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Biggles Flies Again< is a collection of short stories, most of which first appeared in Popular Flying after 1933. The stories take place in the years between the first and second World War, when Biggles and Algy traveled around the world in search of work and adventure. Biggles Flies Again introduces Vickers Vandal Amphibian, which appears in many of the interwar novels.
Biggles Learns to Fly
Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1835980147
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Biggles takes the controls for the first time! Fifteen hours. That is all the flying training seventeen-year-old Biggles receives before gaining his ‘wings’ and being sent to carry out missions over the battlefields of France. Biggles quickly gets to grips with his new plane, but is completely inexperienced in aerial combat. He must rely on the more knowledgeable men in his Flight if he is to survive the German attacks. But it isn’t long before he finds himself in the gun sights of von Richthofen, the dreaded Red Baron himself... Does Biggles have what it takes to be a real fighter pilot? Get ready for all the thrills and spills of Biggles’ origin story as he gets his first taste of combat.
Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1835980147
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Biggles takes the controls for the first time! Fifteen hours. That is all the flying training seventeen-year-old Biggles receives before gaining his ‘wings’ and being sent to carry out missions over the battlefields of France. Biggles quickly gets to grips with his new plane, but is completely inexperienced in aerial combat. He must rely on the more knowledgeable men in his Flight if he is to survive the German attacks. But it isn’t long before he finds himself in the gun sights of von Richthofen, the dreaded Red Baron himself... Does Biggles have what it takes to be a real fighter pilot? Get ready for all the thrills and spills of Biggles’ origin story as he gets his first taste of combat.