All are enriched by Dalton’s seductive illustrations, with their blend of glamour, intimacy and action. This Study Guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes. The minimalist binding design echoes the Folio editions of Casino Royale, From Russia with Love, Dr Noand Goldfinger. The contents are clean with light foxing on the edges of some front pages. Black cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on the front and spine. 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 Ian Fleming and features a cover design conceived by Fleming and executed by Kenneth Lewis. 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. 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. Release: 1955, Pages: 247 Another book down in the Ian Fleming collection of amazing Bond books. At Ms request, Bond has gone up against Sir Hugo Drax at the card table, on a mission to teach the millionaire and head of the Moonraker project a lesson he wont forget, and prevent a scandal engulfing Britains latest defence system.
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