Biggles breaks the silence
Johns, W. E. (William Earl), 1893-19682023
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Biggles is visited by Grimes, an old pal from the war, whose father, Jumbo, is in a spot of bother. He was recently tricked into skippering a crew of seal poachers to an islet off Antarctica. While there, they spotted an old ship - still rigged for sail - trapped in the pack ice. After an investigation, Jumbo overheard the words 'starry' and 'crown' from the jubilant crew. Biggles immediately recognises the importance of these words. Jumbo had stumbled upon the long-lost schooner Starry Crown, which went missing seventy years prior with a ton of Australian gold ingots aboard. Grimes reckons that they might be able to beat the poachers to the treasure if they go by air, and Biggles springs into action. But there is more than gold on the Starry Crown, and no help for miles across Antarctica's vast silence...
Main title:
Biggles breaks the silence / Capt. W.E. Johns.
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Imprint:
London : Canelo, 2023.
Collation:
v, 177 pages ; 21 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1949.
ISBN:
9781804364413 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2590740
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