Book Description
Biggles is back! And with new retro-style covers he's bigger than ever.
Product Description
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.
From the Back Cover
Council of War!
Bad weather forces Biggles to land on a desolate part of the Norfolk coastline, a quick reconnaissance uncovers equipment rigged up for military warfare. With the Second World War imminent, Biggles tackles the mystery - and finds the safety of the nation could be at stake . . .
Biggles is back! Now classic fiction, the action-packed adventures of cult hero and flying ace Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth are available in new editions for another generation.
'Inspiring reading' Daily Telegraph
About the Author
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.
