Biggles Works it Out by Captain W E Johns – First Edition, 1951

$34.57 $49.43

Description The Details:This copy is in very good condition. Mild foxing on cut ends. Insignia inside. Dust cover in good condition. Chips out of bottom of the spines and top of the back cover. Clipped. The Story:A gold convoy in Australia is ambushed and half a ton of gold ingots taken. Yet the criminals seemed to have disappeared without trace. Biggles suspects that the criminal gang is using long-range aircraft and sets off to investigate. He soon discovers that he is up against his old adversary Erich von Stalhein, and a mysterious group living in a remote Sahara desert oasis knbown as “The White Prophets of Peace”. This book is notable for the introduction of Marcel Brissac, of the Surete and Biggles’ French counterpart. He would become a frequent recurring character in later books. (Biggles Fandom) The Author: John’s was posted to No. 25 Flying Training School at Thetford where he had a charmed existence, once writing off three planes in three days. He moved to Yorkshire and was then posted to France and while on a bombing raid to Mannheim his plane was shot down and he was wounded. Captured by the Germans, he later escaped before being reincarcerated where he remained until the war ended. (goodreads) Related

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