Biggles Flies East

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 Faubourg 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.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Captain W. E. Johns
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2025
• EAN: 9781835980071
• ISBN: 978-1-83598-007-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Biggles' WW1 Adventures
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Classics, Historical adventure, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Historical adventure fiction, First World War fiction, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War I, Classic fiction: literary and general