Virgin Books have released three new titles to coincide with 007's 40th Anniversary and the latest film - "Die Another Day". Thanks to our friends at VirginBooks.com, MI6 can bring you details on the three new books and give three sets away to lucky visitors... All competitions featured on MI6 are unofficial and in no way connected to MGM, EON or Danjaq LLC or their clients.

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9th December 2002

Bond Films

The Bond films are the longest-running and the most financially successful movie franchise in the history of cinema. They have entered popular culture: James Bond's answer to a request for his name, 'Bond, James Bond', topped a poll of the greatest film quotes of all time, and, if you mention a Martini to anyone old enough to drink one, they're bound to come out with the immortal line 'Shaken, not stirred'. From Dr No in 1962 through to Die Another Day in 2002, the twenty Bond films cover forty years of film-making and five actors in the starring role (six if you count David Niven in Casino Royale). Each film was a product of its time - Moonraker, for example, was made because of the success of Star Wars - and was influenced by whichever director was drafted in to help James Bond through his many assignments.

It is also the story of two Eastern European immigrants, Saltzman and Broccoli, who acquired the rights to Ian Fleming's character of James Bond and built an empire out of the sexist spy. Using the successful format of previous books in the Virgin Film series, this guide will include categories including Source to Screen, Set Pieces and, of course, Gadgets. It also has an ongoing counter of on-screen deaths, martinis ordered and successful seductions.

• Completely up to date, with details of every film up to and including the twentieth, Die Another Day.
• The ultimate guide to James Bond in the movies looking at the films within the context of the period of their release and examining the similarities, if any, to the novels.
• Illustrated with eight pages of colour stills.
• A title in the critically acclaimed Virgin Film list.

Pierce Brosnan - The Biography

Hollywood star, father, husband, producer, supporter of charities and voted the Sexiest Man Alive, Pierce Brosnan's life is the ultimate rags-to-riches tale. Brosnan was born in Ireland and his parents divorced when he was very young. Finally settling' with his mother in London, he was bullied for his Irish accent until, after a stint as a commercial artist, he discovered a passion for acting. Finding fame in the TV show Remington Steele, Brosnan originally had to miss out on playing James Bond because of contractual obligations to the show in 1986. Offered a second chance, he burst on to our screens in 1995 in GoldenEye. Three Bond films later and he is being described by some, including first James Bond Sean Connery, as the best James Bond ever.

Coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of the first-ever Bond film, Dr. No, and the release of Die Another Day, the twentieth film in the Bond franchise, this revealing and fully updated biography also covers his family life, including his recent marriage and the birth of his son Paris, and his work as a producer on films such as The Thomas Crown Affair with his own production company, Irish DreamTime.

• Fully up to date to include all Brosnan's Bond films, his recent marriage and move into producing movies
• Brosnan's three Bond films are the highest grossing of the series so far
• Voted Sexiest Man Alive in a People magazine poll in November 2001

The Bond Files

Which Bond films did Stanley Kubrick and Francis Ford Coppola help out on?

When did Bond meet Playboy millionaire Hugh Hefner?

How many times has 009 been killed?

The Bond Files is a thorough and detailed study of the James Bond phenomenon, right from the early days in the 1950s before the films, and ending with the most recent Bond adventure. This companion to the legendary Bond features all that his dedicated legions of fans could want: observations and comments on plot, location details and categories including Toys for the Boys, Sadism, Mistakes Can be Fatal and Lines to Rewind For. It chronicles James Bond's every appearance in novels, comics, films and TV - from the best known to the most obscure facts about James Bond that even the world's greatest secret agent has forgotten. And it's all written in a witty, irreverent and, above all, readable style.

• Completely revised and updated third edition of this best-selling edition including information on Die Another Day
• Totally comprehensive, including the films, books, comics and TV series.

3 Sets Must Be Won! VirginBooks.com are kindly giving away 3 sets of the new 007 books ("Pierce Brosnan - The Biography", "Bond Films" and "The Bond Files") to lucky MI6 visitors. Simply answer the question correctly for your chance to win.

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The competition closes at midnight on 8th December 2002. MI6 will choose the 3 winners at random from the correct answers received. The winners will be contacted via the email address supplied and their postal address will be requested. If a winner fails to respond within 7 days of prize notification, another winner will be chosen until all 3 sets are given away. Competition is open to UK based MI6 readers. Winners names will be announced on mi6-hq.com after all prizes have been awarded.