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John Pearson - Biggles: The Authorized Biography - 9781448208005 - V9781448208005
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Biggles: The Authorized Biography

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Description for Biggles: The Authorized Biography Paperback. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.

For over fifty years James Biggles Worth, D.S.O., D.F.C., M.C., has flown the skies. The mythical ace to end all flying aces, the fearless pilot of everything from Sop with Camels to the earliest jets, he emerged with glory from devilish scrapes all over the world.

Yet until now Biggles has often been seen as a storybook caricature. A dashed fine chap, certainly, but not the extraordinary man he really was. Here, for the first time, is an insight into the 'real' man who made these adventures possible. In Biggles, his fictional ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781448208005
SKU
V9781448208005
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About John Pearson
John Pearson was born in 1930, and educated at King's College School, Wimbledon and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he read history. He has worked on various newspapers, including the Economist, The Times, and The Sunday Times where for a time he wrote the Atticus column. After the success of his Life of Ian Fleming, ... Read more

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