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 imme...

Biggles smuggles a vital cargo from right under the enemy's nose!A Chinese smuggler called Li Chi, who owes Biggles his life, has built up a secret store of rubber, a vital war material, that he would like to offer to the British war effort.It is hidden on a remote island off Malaya, currently under Japanese control, more than a thousand miles from the nearest Allied air base. And there is no runway on the islandNot doubting Biggl...

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 ou...

Seven missing planes and a compromised air-route Sounds like a job for Biggles!Mid-way through the Second World War, there has been suspicious activity along a vital British air corridor between the West coast of Africa and the Middle East. Aircraft have been disappearing with no explanation; urgent stores, dispatches and important officials have failed to arrive at their destinations.Something must be interfering with this vital route, and the British Government knows ju...

Samuel Johnson’s life was situated within a rich social and intellectual community of friendships—and antagonisms. Community and Solitude is a collection of ten essays that explore relationships between Johnson and several of his main contemporaries—including James Boswell, Edmund Burke, Frances Burney, Robert Chambers, Oliver Goldsmith, Bennet Langton, Arthur Murphy, Richard Savage, Anna Seward, and Thomas Warton—and analyzes some of the literary productions emanating from the pr...

On board the 500-ton super-luxury diesel-engined yacht Cordelia was thought to be Otto Brandt, international financier and one time multi-millionaire. Why did he pull out of England in such a strange and intriguing way? And why was his yacht loaded with ammunition? Biggles, Algy and Ginger fly across the world to discover his store depot on an island in the Bahamas and the reason for the disappearance of this Mystery Man of Europe.

Biggles is intrigued by a mystery. Supply ships have been disappearing in the Indian Ocean and before they sank they managed to broadcast a final message. In all cases, when they referred to the word “weather” it was misspelt as “whether”. Biggles concludes that the same person sent the messages otherwise the coincidence would be too great. Biggles approaches Colonel Raymond, now with Scotland Yard, but formerly with the Air Intelligence staff when Biggles was in 266 squadron, to find out ...

‘The great thing in life is to keep your sense of humour,’ says Biggles, though getting his Constellation shot down over southern Sudan by a trigger-happy fighter pilot of the Congolese Air Force was no laughing matter. In fact, his privations and those of his co-pilot, Sandy Grant, increased from that very moment in an affair which throughout bristled with spies, lies and deception.

In the hostile skies over First World War France, young airmen die in their thousands as they battle it out in their flimsy crafts. Biggles—aged seventeen and with less than fifteen hours flying experience—is sent to tackle the enemy in what often seem suicidal missions. In a theatre of war where instinct and lightning-fast reactions are the most important assets a man can posses, Biggles must learn to be a real flier quickly—or die...

While celebrating Ginger’s award of his pilot’s licence, an SOS on B.B.C. radio asks for Major James Bigglesworth to contact his Uncle, Professor Richard Bigglesworth. This is of course, Dickpa, previously seen in the story ‘The Cruise of the Condor’. Visiting Dickpa at his house, they find him and his friend Lord Roger Maltenham, under attack from mysterious enemies.

When Group-Captain Timothy 'Tiger' Clinton and his son Rex take a holiday in Scotland, they expect to spend time in the great outdoors.Instead, lost in the fog while deer-stalking, they find themselves at the door of a mysterious, lonely castle, the home of a brilliant Professor. A brilliant Professor who has been building something incredible . . . a spaceship.Recruited to the Professor's schemes, Tiger and Rex conquer the newest frontier - SPACE.These classic ...

Thirteen short stories of Biggles adventures in World War I including two stories from Biggles of the Camel Squadron.