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Beryl of the Biplane: Being the Romance of an Air-Woman of To-Day, Classics To Go

This novel is set during the First World War, and revolves around the daring exploits of Beryl, an air-woman of remarkable skill and bravery. Excerpt: "Why, isn't that Beryl up in your 'bus?" he exclaimed, pointing out the machine. "I didn't know she was out to-day." "Yes," was Ronnie's reply. "She flew over to Huntingdon this morning to see her sister." "Was she up with you last night?" "Yes. She generally goes up daily." "She has wonderful nerve for a woman," declared George. "A pupil who has done great credit to her tutor—yourself, Ronnie. How many times has she flown the Channel?" "Seven. Three times alone, and four with me. The last time she crossed alone she went up from Bedford and landed close to Berck, beyond Paris-Plage. She passed over Folkestone, and then over to Cape Grisnez." "Look at her now!" Bellingham exclaimed in admiration. "By Jove! She's doing a good stunt!"

William Le Queux

William Tufnell Le Queux (2 July 1864 – 13 October 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat (honorary consul for San Marino), a traveller (in Europe, the Balkans and North Africa), a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.

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