This is the first Biggles book I’ve ever read and I am genuinely impressed.
Obviously, Biggles is always going to triumph and isn’t going to be shot dead or shot down in his aircraft on Page 4, but nonetheless I have to say there’s a certain amount of ingenuity in some of these stories which allows Biggles (short for Bigglesworth) to succeed.
I was half expecting / fearing that Biggles would turn out to be a Bulldog Drummond of the skies but he’s not like that at all, at least not in these stories. He has a few pals – Algy, Bertie, and Ginger – and there are few female characters in these short stories, but he’s a respectful person who doesn’t like making guesses, who knows right from wrong, and is prepared to right those wrongs when he can.
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