BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Book First Published in September 1962 - 159 pages
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First edition dust jacket showing the original price of 8
shillings and 6 pence
Biggles is visited by Sir Leofric Landaville who has a
surprising tale to tell. For generations his family has suffered from what
could be called "the curse of the Landavilles".
Intrigued, Biggles and Bertie travel to Ringlesby
Hall in Hampshire to hear the story (Algy and Ginger being on leave). On 22nd
August 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry VII defeated Richard III.
Henry's life was saved at the battle by a squire named Leofric
Landaville who was knighted and given Ringlesby Hall with 100 acres of land and a pension of £400
in perpetuity. Ever since then, Landavilles have been
dying mysterious and violent deaths and legend has it that such deaths are
preceded by the croak of a Raven. Leofric's elder
brother Charles has recently died a violent death after being shot, supposedly
in an accident. Leofric heard a Raven croak before it
happened. Biggles investigates the death and discovers it was murder. Ringlesby Hall has also been entered by an intruder.
Biggles is invited to stay and sets a trap to alert him to any further entries
by the mysterious intruder. Making enquiries in the locality, Biggles finds out
about the De Warine family who owned Ringlesby Hall before the Landavilles.
Eventually the trap is sprung and an intruder is discovered. In trying to
escape, the intruder is killed in a car crash. The identity of the intruder and
the explanation for the "curse" are revealed. The dust cover of the
book shows Biggles sitting in a chair in Ringlesby
Hall, in front of a suit of armour.
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Biggles Sets a Trap
Subtitle - An unusual investigation by Biggles of the Air Police
Publication Details - published by Hodder & Stoughton
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