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Biggles is back! And with new retro-style covers he's bigger than ever
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'Now Listen, Bigglesworth; I'll tell you what I'm prepared to do, and you can please yourself what you do about it. Run this gang of crooks to earth, or point out to me the man that is at the head of it - or the chief operator in this country - and I'll make you a present of a cheque for ten thousand pounds.'Colonel Raymond from Intelligence persuades Biggles, Algy and Ginger to take on the challenge of transporting gold bullion and diamonds to France. Every other firm which has taken the job has failed and the gold has been stolen, the planes crashed or disappeared and the pilots have lost their lives. Biggles comes up with daring scheme after daring scheme, but then Algy is captured and held to ransom and Biggles finds that he's up against his old enemy - Von Stalhein
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Book,
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This review is from: Biggles and Co (Paperback)
I just finished reading "Biggles & Co" and I personally thought that it was an excellent book. For a start, I have read other books about Biggles and I find that the three main characters are very likeable. In this particular adventure, I was inthralled the whole way through because it took many turns that I did not expect. For example, I loved the way in which biggles cleverly outwitted a gang of thieves and I thought that his tactics were very unique. Also, I really found the book so funny. Especially towards the end. The description was amazing and I could totally picture the events that were taking place at the climax of the book. Aswell as being extremely exciting to read, I found that in the face of extreme danger, W.E. Johns portreyed amazing humour. I found that Biggles' humour was very much like mine and some of the things he did and the comments he made really made me laugh so much. I also loved the way in which the conversations undertaken with the 'very bad people' were always polite and witty. This also made me laugh as I thought it was very well done.Altogether a brilliant and exciting, funny book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it for a unique and suspense filled adventure.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best,
This review is from: Biggles and Co (Paperback)
I've only read 30 or so of W.E. John's 100+ series of Biggles, but this is the best I've read so far. It has Biggles, Ginger and Algy in it, though not Bertie since it's before WW2. Biggles arch-enemy Von Stalhein appears, and that alone normally makes a Biggles novel more interesting. 'Biggles and Co' and some clever ideas in it and a few twists and turns familiar to readers of the other books, but it really is superior to most of the others for a reason that I can't put my finger on. And yes, Biggles makes his best ever witticisms in this one.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Rather typical Biggles adventure - Biggles sets up a cargo airline,
By Kiwi - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Biggles and Co. (Armada S.) (Paperback)
Just to be clear, I'm not so much reviewing these Biggles books as providing a synopsis of the story, which Amazon completely lacks - mainly because it's pretty hard to pick what each Bigles book is about based on only the title. Although I have a fairly large Biggles collection built up since I was about 10 years old, I don't own every single Biggles book myself and I've sourced some of the synopsisii from others so I don't take credit for much of the content. Hope this helps you decide whether you want this particular Biggles book or not. For myself, I classify pretty much all the WW1 Biggles stories as 5 star as these are by far the most authentic and well written, the WW2 stories as 4 star and the remaining non-WW1/WW2 Biggles adventures as either 4 star or 3 star depending on the story. May be a bit of a plot spoiler, but overall, I hope it helps you decide whether you want this particular book or not.
BIGGLES & CO. was first Published in April 1936 - 248 pages, it's rather typical of the Biggles adventures outside of the WW1 and WW2 air combat stories, of which the WW1 stories are far and away the most realistic. Biggles is approached by Paul Cronfelt from a firm of Bullion Brokers called 'Cronfelt & Carstairs' with a proposition. Cronfelt wants him to set up an airline, a private venture with the primary object of carrying his companies' freight, namely gold and jewellery. Biggles is initially reluctant but decides to accept after receiving a threatening phone call from Germany, warning him not to. Setting up business with Algy, Ginger and Smyth as mechanic, the company is called Biggles & Co. The first load of gold Biggles carries is stolen, but Biggles has replaced the gold with lead. Biggles then reverses his first ruse to fool the criminals a second time when they try to steal his second load of gold. Biggles also delivers the third load of gold safely but by now, Algy has disappeared. Algy has followed the villains in an aeroplane to Germany and been captured. Biggles is telephoned and told that he must hand over his next shipment, diamonds due to be delivered to Amsterdam, if he wants Algy back. Agreeing to meet at Aix-la-Chapelle, Biggles flies over and is captured. His plane is burnt out with a dead body in and when Ginger, who has been following him, arrives, he thinks Biggles is dead. Biggles is imprisoned in the turret of a German castle. Staring out of the window, he is amazed to see Ginger. Ginger has managed to follow the plane from the field where Biggles' plane was burnt out. Communicating with Ginger by pretending to sing 'God Save the King', Ginger is able to climb up and organise Biggles' escape. Taking the opportunity of looking through a lighted window, Biggles sees the jewels in an empty room. However, when he climbs in, he finds himself trapped by sudden arrivals. One of whom is a certain Erich von Stalhein, the efficient German Agent that Biggles had last seen in Biggles Flies East. Biggles manages to escape and find Algy but Ginger is captured. Biggles next sees Ginger in front of a firing squad. Von Stalhein is going to have him shot! Biggles surrenders himself to save Ginger. Biggles and Ginger are left alone with von Stalhein and this allows Algy to climb down a chimney is order to attack the German from behind. Reaching a car and driving to where Ginger left his plane, the three comrades manage to escape back to England. At their aerodrome they find Cronfelt waiting. He is desperate to be flown out of the country. Biggles is suspicious and the police are called. Cronfelt, who has stolen his firm's money, runs for it and is shot dead by a certain German who has just arrived by aeroplane to do the job and who departs by the same plane just as swiftly. |
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