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WESTBROOK, KATE - Edited by: : The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel

LONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHERS),2005.

ISBN 0719567408.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 272pp [paginated] includes Editor's introduction, Monthly/daily Diary entries commencing January 2nd,1962 and ending 31st December,1962,an afterword; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table and 10pp blanks at rear of book. The first title in a planned trilogy,'Guardian Angel' gives the entire backstory for James Bond's personal secretary,Jane Moneypenny.Once touted as the secret journal of a real person who worked with a real James Bond,the publisher finally admitted it was a spoof.Planned Volume Two's title of the series is 'Secret Servant'. Kate Westbrook is the pseudonym for author Samantha Weinberg. These diaries should not have been written.They were never supposed to be read.They reveal the fact behind the fiction.The true story of the real Miss Moneypenny. My heart breaks for James - so begin the explosive,true,private diaries of Miss Jane Moneypenny,Personal Secretary to Secret Service chief M and colleague and confidante of James Bond. From her colonial childhood in Kenya to her death in 1990,Jane Moneypenny led an extraordinary,clandestine life.But,contrary to popular belief,she was not simply a bystander while James Bond saw all the action.As her diaries make startingly clear,Miss Moneypenny played a central role in the build up to the Cuban Missile Crisis and the threat of all-out nuclear war. But a life of espionage has personal as well as political ramifications.For Jane Moneypenny,the price was high.Romantic relationships with outsiders were necessarily built on lies and you could not trust the motives of anyone.The impact of Jane Moneypenny's career on her family life was even more profound as,with access to classified information,she began to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her father's presumed death while in service. Guarding so many secrets and with no one to confide in,she found herself breaking the first rule of espionage.Unbeknown to anyone,she kept a diary charting her innermost thoughts and state secrets. It should never have been made public . . . Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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