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Biggles and the black peril
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- Book Synopsis
- A mysterious black aeroplane and a dastardly plot.Forced down by thick fog, Biggles and Algy cut short a pleasure flight and land on a river in Norfolk to wait out the weather. Exploring the banks, they stumble across a wartime pillbox with papers written in German hidden inside! Shortly afterwards, a massive plane painted black to camouflage it against the night sky sets down on the water with a roar.Biggles investigates, boarding the craft to find it is a bomber of immense proportions. He quickly finds himself in trouble when, becoming trapped inside one of the plane's compartments, he feels it take off with him still inside!Who is the mysterious 'Blackbeard'? And why is he making secretive landings on the English coast? Biggles and Algy and introducing 'Ginger' Hebblethwaite for the first time must find outBritain is under threat, and our heroes will answer her call.
- About The Author
- William Earl Johns was an English adventure writer, best known as the creator of the beloved Biggles stories, which drew on his experience as a pilot in the First World War. After his flying career with the RAF, Johns became a newspaper air correspondent, an occupation he combined with editing and illustrating books about flying. He wrote over 160 books, including nearly 100 Biggles titles.
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- ISBN
- 9781804368534
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Canelo, (06 August 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 27 mm
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