However, when Drax, now an aerospace entrepreneur building a space shuttle, invites 007 to his California mansion (actually filmed at the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte, southeast of Paris, for the exteriors, and Château de Guermantes in Guermantes), he brings out afternoon tea, which he says is one England’s “indisputable contributions to few gifts to the civilized world. The filmed version of Moonraker used exotic locales widely, including Italy, Brazil, Guatemala and the United States, but showed little interest in food. After saving her from drowning, Bond takes her to dinner at Granville, an old hotel on Saint Margaret’s Bay (demolished in 1966), for brandy-and-sodas, fried sole and Welsh rarebits. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Getty Imagesīond also becomes involved with Gala Brand, a Special Branch policewoman working undercover with Drax. The program from the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker featuring stars. All are enriched by Dalton’s seductive illustrations, with their blend of glamour, intimacy and action.Actor Roger Moore as James Bond and actress Emily Bolton as Manuela on set for the United Artist. The minimalist binding design echoes the Folio editions of Casino Royale, From Russia with Love, Dr Noand Goldfinger. The drama in Moonraker is as gripping and visceral as ever, but it’s all the more compelling for the almost eerie stillness of the build-up, in which an increasingly uneasy Bond tries to decipher the ‘nightmare’ signs of impending doom. Moonraker is the third novel by the British author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. This begins with the tense game of bridge which sees Bond duping the cheating Drax, a scene described by Susan Hill as ‘the finest thing Fleming ever wrote’. Set solely in London and on the Kentish coast, this unusual Bond novel sets death-defying feats against a backdrop of intense, finely tuned suspense. This leads to a moving closing scene that gives a rare glimpse of the occasionally vulnerable man behind the dauntless secret agent. Gala Brand is a dedicated policewoman, and her relationship with Bond is more nuanced than is often the case in the 007 novels. But there’s more to this enigmatic millionaire than he lets on. As the super patriot and war veteran who’s bankrolling Britain’s top-secret Moonraker rocket program, Sir Hugo Drax should be above reproach. Our edition of Fleming’s third 007 novel features stunning artwork by Fay Dalton which depicts the formidable Moonraker, the disfigured face of one of Fleming’s most convincing villains, and a Bond girl whose beauty is matched by her tenacity and wit. James Bond’s third adventure by Ian Fleming returns Bond to Britain, but he’s by no means out of danger.

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