Biggles Adventure Double by Captain We Johns
Biggles Learns to Fly: Age just seventeen and with almost no flying experience, James Biggles worth is sent to tackle the enemy in the hostile skies over First World War France. In a drama of war, where instinct and fast reactions are everything, Biggles must learn to be a real fighter pilot, or die ...but does he has what it takes? Biggles the Camels Are Coming: Fighting high above the trenches of First World War France Biggles knows he needs more than just flying skills to survive against the Sop with Camel - a demon to fly, but incredibly fast in a dogfight, it commands fierce loyalty from its pilot. Will Biggles' luck and initiative be enough to keep him alive?
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857532060 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857532065 |
| Title | Biggles Adventure Double |
| Author | Captain We Johns |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 2012-10-25 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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