In a scene which could have been lifted from a James Bond novel, Jeffery Deaver pulled up at Europe’s longest bar – The Champagne Bar at St Pancras International – in a special Carte Blanche red Bentley Continental GT flanked by a Bond girl clad in black leathers.
However, the first copy of the book did not arrive by way of the four-wheel drive grand tourer, but was delivered by air. In a dramatic twist to the launch, four members of the Royal Marines Display Team descended from the iconic roof of St Pancras International onto the concourse below, bearing copies of the novel. The books were handed over to Deaver in front of members of Ian Fleming’s family and invited guests. The plot of the book remains, until midnight tonight, a closely guarded secret, so it was put under lock and key in an undisclosed location.
“On Saturday my uncle, Ian Fleming, would be 103 years old. If he had been here today he would have loved the occasion. With his brilliant plot and clever twists, his perfectly horrible villain and his detailed knowledge of the British intelligence Service, Jeffery Deaver brings Bond straight into the heart of modern espionage,” Lucy Fleming, Ian Fleming’s niece, commented at today’s launch.
The Bentley Continental GT is the car of choice for Deaver’s Bond. The day’s Bond girl, who arrived on a BSA 1966 Spitfire motorbike, is inspired by one of Bond’s love interests in the book, whose passion for speed and fast engines rivals that of our hero. It is in our honest and humble opinion that there is no higher a caliber of female protagonist in and heroine than a Bond Girl.
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