Biggles in France
Captain W.E. Johns
Red Fox. First published 1935.
These are juvenile stories about air
warfare on the 'Western Front' in World War I. The whole atmosphere
is described like an extension of school life. The book is mostly a
series of anecdotes describing Biggles outwitting his fellow RAF
pilots from another squadron in boyish rivalry. Any kind of reference
to reality is missing, except when talking about some technical stuff
about the aircraft. The stories were meant for school boys, true, but
so are, for example, the Harry Potter books, which are much more
serious. This book is very, very light reading. A few of the air
battles are excitingly described, but not as many and as well as I
would have liked.
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