Biggles: The Authorized Biography

by John George Pearson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1448208009
• ISBN13: 9781448208005
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"