Biggles' Secret Assignments

Johns, Captain W. E.

ISBN 10: 1853757446 / ISBN 13: 9781853757440

Published by Prion, London, UK, 2009

About this Item

654 pages. Very clean colour pictorial flexi binding with blue sky background to front and greyish-green spine. The binding is half way between a soft cover and a hard back binding). B&W comic book text and illustrations/cartoons. Top part of one fore-edge page snagged o/w very clean condition.

Seller Inventory # 721614

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biggles' Secret Assignments
• Publisher: Prion, London, UK
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853757446
• ISBN 13: 9781853757440
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Reprint
• Condition: Very Good +

About this title

Synopsis

Biggles' Second Case: Biggles hunts for a wartime German submarine, the U-517, whose ruthless captain, Von Shonbeck, has escaped to the Antarctic with a horde of stolen gold bullion.; Biggles Breaks the Silence: Back in the Antarctic once again, Biggles tracks down a ship frozen in the pack ice with a hold full of treasure and does battle with a gang of desperate villains while attempting to recover the ship's cargo.; Biggles Gets His Men: Biggles is tasked with the dangerous mission of finding and rescuing a group of important scientists who have been kidnapped and smuggled to a remote region of China.; Biggles Follows On: Biggles comes up against his arch enemy, Erich Von Stalhein, and teams up with Gimlet King's special forces unit behind enemy lines in Korea.

About the Author

Captain W. E. Johns is the author of the Biggles aviation series, which began in the 1930s. A wartime RAF pilot, Johns' expert knowledge and combat experience added a rare dimension of authenticity to his novels.