{"product_id":"9780198377917","title":"Ib Visual Arts Course Book: Oxford Ib Diploma Programme","description":"\"Well! Well! Well! If it isn't Lieutenant Paine and Lieutenant Crawford!\"\u003cbr\u003eThe speaker, none other than Field Marshal Sir John French, commander-in-chief of the British forces sent to help France hurl back the legions of the German invader, was greatly surprised by the appearance of the two lads before him.\u003cbr\u003e\"I thought surely you had been killed,\" continued General French.\u003cbr\u003e\"We are not to be killed so easily, sir,\" replied Hal Paine.\u003cbr\u003e\"And where have you been?\" demanded the General.\u003cbr\u003e\"In Russia, sir,\" replied Chester Crawford, \"where we were attached to a\u003cbr\u003eCossack regiment, and where we saw considerable fighting.\"\u003cbr\u003eGeneral French uttered an exclamation of astonishment.\u003cbr\u003e\"How did you get there?\" he asked. \"And how did you return?\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Airship,\" was Hal's brief response, and he related their adventures since they had last seen their commander.\u003cbr\u003eHal then tendered the General a despatch he carried from the Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief of all the Russian armies operating against the Germans in the eastern theater of war.\u003cbr\u003e\"You shall serve on my staff,\" said General French finally.\u003cbr\u003eHe summoned another officer and ordered that quarters be prepared for the two lads immediately.","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016418607344,"sku":"9780198377917","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780198377917_p0.jpg?v=1763667848","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780198377917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}