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Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. Software Images icon An illustration of two photographs. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! But in , war-flying was far-fetched. So were some of the incidents of Hitler's war, if it comes to that.

Examples to strain the credulity could be given indefinitely. The writer fell out of control into Germany from 19, feet, and—to his surprise— found himself still alive. There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. Additional Collections. Von Stalhein returns as an adversary in numerous other adventures.

After this he and Biggles are chums. Though Biggles and his friends age in the books, they do so more slowly than appears historically credible. The books somewhat obviously chronicle developments in aviation technology and also social changes. In an early book, the evidence points to an English nobleman as the perpetrator, but Biggles can dismiss this out of hand as the gentry would never commit a crime; in a later novel, one of the gentry is the villain. While various natives are sometimes unreliable, the Biggles books do not really display racist views - although Johns certainly promoted the superiority of British culture, as distinct from race.

Johns' contemporary terms for people of different colour have resulted in censorship in some places, which does rather rewrite history. In the Biggles stories, there are few females; either as characters or referred to. Biggles and his chums remain steadfastly single. Another female character appears in the form of Worrals, eponymous heroine of a related series of books featuring this resourceful and "plucky" member of the WAAF.

A further Johns creation, the commando Captain Lorrington King, nicknamed "Gimlet" also features in a series of books that intersect with Biggles at times. Contemporary viewpoints of Biggles books have been satirised for their archaic use of language, notably terms such as "opined" and "ejaculated" and the use of what are now seen as offensive racial stereotypes and characterisations Germans are often referred to as the Hun, for example.

This led to the books being removed from most British libraries, a move which was held up derisively as an example of political correctness since the books are quite without malice and very much of their time. Written for children, they contain no swearing and no sex but alcohol is mentioned occasionally and cigarettes are much in evidence. In general the books set in the First World War are good examples of their time and genre and are likely to be acceptable to a modern audience; they are also more edgy, Biggles setting out on at least one occasion with "red mist", on a death-or-glory mission occasioned by the death of a comrade.

The inter-war books are reasonably typical of boys' adventure literature of the time, and similar plots and characterisations could be found in comics and books of other genres. Secondly, I recall distinctly that when I read this book as a 9 year-old, I absolutely loved it.

View all 10 comments. Nov 20, Anna added it. Jul 16, Robert Hepple rated it really liked it. First published in , 'Biggles of ' is a collection of 9 short stories mainly recounting Biggles experiences with Squadron in France during the latter stages of WW1, the exception being the final story in which he is with Squadron.

All were originally published in magazines in around and, like all of his others from this time are some of his best stories. However, you do need to be aware that most have appeared in other collections previously. Enjoyable boys own stuff, right d First published in , 'Biggles of ' is a collection of 9 short stories mainly recounting Biggles experiences with Squadron in France during the latter stages of WW1, the exception being the final story in which he is with Squadron.

Enjoyable boys own stuff, right down to the crazy lurid and rather inaccurate artwork in my edition. Apr 09, Chris Warren rated it really liked it. I love this book, grew up with it and it's comforting in these times. This and Biggles, Pioneer Air Pilot were two of my all time favourites as a boy. I could recite them pretty much word for word. Dec 31, Tansy Hepton rated it really liked it. It's Biggles: if you like him you will thoroughly enjoy this set of early short stories, just don't count on historical accuracy.

Or maybe, it really was like that, unlikely as it seems. Ahhh, I had forgotten how much I liked the classic WW1 stories. They make me chortle every time! Feb 07, Nathan rated it it was amazing. Jul 23, Martin Shelton rated it really liked it. Loved these stories when I was young, although I'm pretty sure I read it the first time before Follows the story of a World War I fighter pilot!

Feb 09, Tony Calder rated it really liked it Shelves: historical-fiction , adventure. Like most of the Biggles books set in World War I, this is a collection of short stories, some of which has previously appeared in other volumes. Like most of the Biggles stories from this era, this is pretty much boys-own fare. Johns isn't the best writer in the world but, having been a pilot in the Great War, he does know his stuff. The stories are easy to read and although the situations that Biggles gets himself into seem a little unlikely at times, it doesn't detract from the enjoyment.

Mar 13, Ashish rated it really liked it Shelves: adventure , history , war. I have to admit I have a soft spot for this series. Before the war movies, before the Commando Comics, before Blue Max, before even the history books, there were the summer afternoons with words on a page that would take me across the planet, seventy years in the past, and fifteen thousand feet up. I'd feel the cold, the wind, the vibration, be deafened by the roaring engines, squint into the blue for telltale twinkles of color, smell the oil and the cordite, sway with the gforces It was a world now.

It was all words, and the only images I'd ever seen to show what it looked like was on faded, tattered covers - but the world behind the words was crystalline, gloriously detailed, and fun. Could any ten-year-old ask for more in a story? Aug 09, Daniel Bratell rated it it was ok. A collection of short stories from WWI, including one that was already in one of the first Biggles books the one where Algy gets yelled at for doing circus flying above another squadron.

The author seems to be reusing old material and ideas quite a lot here. Not really much new information or base stories if you have read the earlier books, except for one Biggles flew an FE2 for an earlier squadron not Jun 19, Smellsofbikes rated it really liked it. This is pretty much the Boy Scout version of warfare, with almost no emotional depth, but it does reflect its author's experience flying on the Western Front in WWI. Some of the stories are pretty funny.

Mar 27, John Sheahan rated it really liked it. One of the classics! Jun 19, Ashkhan rated it liked it Shelves: general-fiction. Easy to read adventures of the famous pilot.

Mrs K J Carter rated it it was amazing Dec 11, Andrix rated it really liked it Aug 17,