Download or read book Biggles The Second Case written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The case of the pirate U-boat! Air Commodore Raymond has a thrilling new case for Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie, now the Scotland Yard Air Squad. Instead of surrendering at the end of the war, commander Von Schonbeck of submarine U-517 escaped to the south Indian ocean. From his base on an uncharted island, he has been waging his own personal war, very profitably. Among other booty, he is known to have acquired a sizeable quantity of gold. But there's very little to go on: the submarine sinks all the ships it preys upon, leaving no survivors. And Biggles & Co. have a hunting ground of a million square miles of air and ocean... Will they find the renegade submarine, or will it continue to prowl the depths? Has Biggles met his match in the hunt for the dastardly von Schonbeck?
Download or read book Biggles Secret Assignment written by William Earl Johns and published by Crows Nest. This book was released on 2010 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the icy wastes of Antarctica to war-torn Korea - four fantastic stories in another bumper Biggles omnibus. Biggles becomes involved in four undercover operations in this third bumper omnibus of his classic adventure stories that take him from the icy wastes of Antartica to war-torn Korea: - hunting a Second World War German submarine loaded with stolen gold - battling with desperate villains over an ice-bound treasure ship - rescuing kidnapped scientists from a remote region of China - Tackling his arch enemy Erich Von Stalhein and teaming up with Gimlet King's special forces unit undercover in China.
Download or read book Biggles Flies East written by W. E. Johns and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reissued with a stunning new cover, this is the perfect introduction to this bestselling series for new readers. Algy turned a trifle pale and shook his head. 'For God's sake be careful, ' he whispered tersely. 'They'll shoot you like a dog if they spot what you're doing.' While on leave Biggles is mistaken for someone else. He thinks little of it at the time, but when headquarters find out they ask him to take the place of his double and work for the Germans as a spy, while secretly reporting back to the British. It's a difficult task and there's a very high price to pay if he's spotted -- his life.
Download or read book Biggles Second Case written by William Earl Johns and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sergeant Bigglesworth CID written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war is over... What next for Biggles? With the excitement of the war now past, Biggles and the gang cool their heels at headquarters, bored. But then former Air Commodore Raymond, newly returned to his civilian position in Scotland Yard, pays them a visit. There has been a spate of seemingly impossible heists recently, which can only have been pulled off by a gang of highly able pilots, with access to cutting-edge aircraft. Scotland Yard needs their help. Biggles makes a few calls, and learns that some German prototype aircraft rumoured to exist were never discovered when Germany surrendered... Could they be involved, somehow? The gang leaps into action and heads off to investigate, led by the now Detective Sergeant Bigglesworth! You can’t keep Biggles grounded for long! The globetrotting flying adventures continue, perfect for fans of Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.
Download or read book Biggles in the Orient written by W. E. Johns and published by Red Fox Older Fiction. This book was released on 1992 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'You're out last hope, Bigglesworth,' said the Air Commodore, with something like despair in his voice. The war supply route between Calcutta and China is a vital one but something is attacking the planes that fly it. Again and again pilots set off, only to disappear somewhere along the line, never to be seen again. When Biggles and his team are called in to investigatem, flying the route is close to a suicide mission . . .
Download or read book Biggles Flies North written by W. E. Johns and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Biggles Flies North" by W. E. Johns. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Biggles and the Black Peril written by W E Johns and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Biggles Flies West written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles searches for pirate gold! Out on a walk in London with Algy and Ginger, Biggles bumps into a young lad called Dick Denver. A chance encounter perhaps, but there isn’t time for formal introductions. Dick knows the location of a secret treasure trove, hidden in an old pirate ship in the Caribbean. His father’s final letter contained a map detailing how to find it, and a single gold doubloon as proof. He needs Biggles’ help to find the rest. Biggles, Dick and the gang swiftly set off in search of the long-lost pirate hoard. But they aren’t the only ones after it... Buckle up for another rip-roaring adventure, as Biggles takes off for the Caribbean Sea!
Download or read book Biggles in Spain written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles protects a secret message! Following a bad bout of fever, Biggles is taking it easy. His doctor has advised him that a sea voyage will do him good, and so he is relaxing aboard the S.S. Stavritos bound for Athens, with Algy and Ginger for company. It is not all smooth sailing, however. Disaster occurs when a fighter plane attacks and crashes into the deck, sinking the ship and forcing everyone on board to swim to safety. Exhausted but alive, Biggles and the gang make it to the shore of Barcelona – but they have swapped the frying pan for the fire. A chance encounter with a British intelligence agent, a hunchbacked assassin and a mysterious coded document lands them in a web of espionage. With enemies at every turn, can Biggles, Algy and Ginger make it back to England alive, and keep the document from falling into the wrong hands? Amidst the Spanish Civil War, Biggles must face his most dangerous mission yet!
Download or read book Biggles Flies North written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles is arrested for murder and theft! Answering a call for help from an old friend, Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Smyth fly to Fort Beaver in Canada. There they intend to meet up with Wilks, or Captain Wilkinson of 187 Squadron as he used to be known. Wilks has started a small airline business called ‘Arctic Airways’ but is having problems with a man named Jake ‘Brindle’ McBain and his cronies. But when they arrive, Wilks is nowhere to be found, and Biggles gets an unfriendly reception... A classic Biggles adventure, perfect for fans of Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.
Download or read book Biggles Flies East written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles turns double agent! Biggles is in London on leave from the Front when he is approached by a stranger who greets him as ‘Captain Brunow’. Curious, Biggles plays along with the mistaken identity, and is quickly offered the chance to become a spy for the Germans! Reporting the encounter to Air Staff Intelligence, Biggles is encouraged to seize the opportunity and find out all he can about a German known only as El Shereef, operating somewhere in Palestine... Biggles soon finds himself in Zabala, a German aerodrome in Palestine, reporting to Count von Fauborg of the German Secret Service and his chief of staff, one Erich von Stalhein – the first appearance of Biggles’ greatest nemesis. As Biggles draws closer to unmasking El Shereef, at all times he must ensure his own identity is never revealed, or he will be shot as a spy. A tense, thrilling Biggles espionage adventure in the deserts of the Levant.
Download or read book Biggles Co written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles must thwart the schemes of an international gang of thieves! Paul Cronfelt, head of a firm of bullion brokers called Cronfelt and Carstairs, has a problem. Shipments of gold and precious stones being ferried between European capitals by aeroplane are being lost, the planes either crashing in mysterious circumstances or else landing without the valuables they set off with. The situation cannot be allowed to continue, and he needs a brave, daring pilot who can find out what is happening and put a stop to it, once and for all. He needs Biggles, and asks him to set up a new airline to transport the valuable cargo. Biggles is reluctant to take on the enterprise. Until, that is, he receives a mysterious telephone call from Germany, warning him off... Together with Algy, Ginger and Smyth, Biggles & Co. is born! A 24-carat Biggles adventure packed with daring schemes awaits...
Download or read book Biggles in France written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles makes a name for himself as a crack fighter pilot. The insanity of World War One shows no sign of letting up, and for the pilots of 266 Squadron the missions over No Man’s Land continue. But, not one to let a bad situation get him down, Biggles and his pals find ways to keep themselves entertained. From rustling a turkey for Christmas dinner to staging competitions to see who can drop propaganda leaflets furthest over the Lines, the pilots revel in the thrills of flying. But tragedy is never far away in wartime. When a British pilot is killed in cold blood, Biggles joins his comrades to seek revenge... A classic set of Biggles’ adventures. Chocks away!
Download or read book Biggles Breaks the Silence written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ghost ship full of long-lost gold beckons, and Biggles gets an icy reception... Biggles, Algie, Bertie and Ginger are visited by Grimes, an old pal from the war, whose father, a Merchant Navy captain known as Jumbo, is in a spot of bother. He was recently tricked into skippering a crew of seal poachers to an islet off Antarctica. While there, they spotted an old ship – still rigged for sail – trapped in the pack ice. After an investigation of the ship, Jumbo overheard the words ‘starry’ and ‘crown’ from the jubilant crew. An avid fan of an unsolved mysteries, Biggles immediately recognises the importance of these words. Jumbo and his crew had stumbled upon the long-lost schooner Starry Crown, which went missing seventy years prior with a ton of Australian gold ingots aboard. There have been several sightings and ill-fated recovery expeditions since, but no one has ever retrieved the gold. Grimes reckons that they might be able to beat the poachers to the treasure if they were to go by air, and wonders if Biggles is interested in an adventure. After making a few enquiries, Biggles agrees to the expedition, but there is more than gold in the Starry Crown, and no help for miles across Antarctica’s vast silence... Wrap up warm for a classic Biggles adventure to the frozen continent of Antarctica.
Download or read book Biggles Takes a Holiday written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-06-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s trouble in paradise for Biggles... Biggles is summoned suddenly to the London Hospital for Tropical Diseases, where he hears the deathbed revelations of a man named Linton, who has a message from a mutual friend, Angus Mackail. Linton and Angus, alongside many others, were duped into investing in farmland reclaimed from the jungle in central South America, an area known as Paradise Valley. But this is no second Eden. The ‘investors’ swiftly found themselves as little more than slaves working the land for the owner of the valley, the enigmatic and silver-tongued Dr Leibgarten. Imprisoned by the lethal jungle and desert surrounding the valley, it took a superhuman effort for Linton to escape, and costs him his life to deliver the warning. Determined to rescue Angus and the other captives, Biggles wastes no time in getting Algy, Ginger and Bertie on the case, and takes to the skies. But they swiftly find out there is far more going on in Paradise Valley than Linton could ever have suspected... Biggles is at it again in the fourth daring adventure in the Special Air Detective series.
Download or read book Biggles Sees It Through written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles has a cold war. November 1939. The Winter War between the Finns and the Soviets has begun, and Finland has called for international support. Biggles, Algy and Ginger have volunteered to help, and fly reconnaissance missions over the country on the lookout for Soviet troops and aircraft. Quite by chance on one such flight, Biggles spots a lone figure at death’s door in the snow, and lands to investigate. The man is Petolski, a Polish scientist. His plane crashed on the Finland–Russia border while he was trying to escape Occupied Poland with seven years’ worth of experimental aircraft research. Rather than let it fall into enemy hands, he has hidden it somewhere near the downed plane. The research cannot fall into enemy hands, and Biggles is ordered to retrieve it at all costs. But the Russians have found out about the research as well, and a party led by Biggles’ nemesis, Erich von Stalhein, is already looking for it. The race is on! Strap in for a classic Biggles cat-and-mouse chase in the ice and snow of Finland. Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.
