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MI6 has an exclusive preview of Sir Roger Moore's
autobiography "My Word Is My Bond", published in
October...
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My Word Is My Bond - Preview
23rd May 2008
Dashing, handsome and every inch the archetypal English gentleman,
Roger Moore has starred in some of the most unforgettable films
and celebrated television series of the last half century.
Who could forget the smooth-talking adventurer
Simon Templar in The Saint? Or that rakish playboy Lord
Brett Sinclair from The Persuaders? Roger Moore reigns
supreme as the most debonair 007 and reprised the role
of James Bond over seven blockbusting films, which are
shown time after time all over the world. His whole persona
exudes style, good living and sophistication; his millions
of fans idolize him; but he has never written his autobiography
- until now.
For the first time he will share his recollections of
playing some of the world's most famous roles - and playing
with some of the world's most legendary stars. He talks
of his family life, with memories of his London childhood
and his miserable evacuation at the onset of the Second
World War, as well as the happy and turbulent times of
later years. He tells of his marriages and children and
how he found love and contentment with his beautiful
wife, Kristina.
He reminisces about his early days as a jobbing actor,
and his first break, when he joined MGM studios towards
the very end of the contract system, and played alongside
screen legends such as Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Lana
Turner, Debbie Reynolds, Glenn Ford, David Niven and many
others.
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Many films and television roles followed, before the role of
James Bond was offered to him, and Roger Moore talks frankly
about the films themselves and the producers, directors and the
casts with whom he worked.
Punctuated throughout with personal anecdotes about such luminaries
as Noël Coward, Cary Grant, Richard Harris, Stewart Granger,
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Gregory Peck, Richard Burton, Michael
Caine and Sean Connery, and memories from the heyday of Hollywood,
this frank, funny and disarmingly charming autobiography is
as attractive and diverting as the man himself.
Datastream
Pages: 304
Format: Hardback & Paperback
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Released: 2nd October 2008 (UK)
Thanks to Michael O'Mara Books
