Biggles in the Orient (original 1945; edition 1992)

by Capt. W.E. Johns

Series: Biggles - Dutch Chron. (1944), Biggles (30)

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'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 . . .… (more)

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Member:	Marcel1972
Title:	Biggles in the Orient
Authors:	Capt. W.E. Johns
Info:	Redfox (1992), Paperback
Collections:	Non Christian
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Tags:	Biggles, Adventure, Boys, War

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Biggles in the Orient by W. E. Johns (1945)

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This is one of the better Biggles adventure/mystery novels I've read. As all the books it is short and easy to read. There are some issues with stereotypical descriptions and attitudes towards foreigners that I treat more as a sign of the time this was written than malice. There is also the ineptitude and stupidity of other people that makes it necessary to call in Biggles. If someone had had half a brain cell they would have figured it out and there wouldn't have been a book. (

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Dust jacket torn on back page

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Biggles (30)

Biggles - Dutch Chron. (1944)

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Armada (C33)

Biggles Pockets (25)

Prisma Juniores (214)

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The Bumper Biggles Book: Biggles, Pioneer Air Fighter / Biggles Flies South / Biggles in the Orient / Biggles Defies the Swastika / Biggles in the Jungle by W. E. Johns

A Biggles Omnibus: Biggles Learns to Fly / Biggles Flies East / Biggles in the Orient by W. E. Johns

The First Biggles Omnibus: Biggles Sweeps the Desert / Biggles in the Orient / Biggles Delivers the Goods / Biggles “Fails to Return” by W. E. Johns

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Biggles in de Oriënt

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Biggles in the Orient

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1945

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Biggles

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Calcutta, India

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'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 . . .

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