Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries

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Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries

First edition UK hardback
Author Samantha Weinberg
as "Kate Westbrook"
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series James Bond
Genre(s) Spy novel
Publisher John Murray
Publication date 2 November 2006
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 320 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN ISBN 0-7195-6767-X (first edition, hardback)
Preceded by The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel
Followed by The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling

Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries is the second in a planned trilogy of novels chronicling the life of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. The diaries are penned by Samantha Weinberg under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, who is depicted as the book's "editor." Published by John Murray publishers, Secret Servant was released on November 2, 2006 in the UK [1] following the first installment, subtitled Guardian Angel that was released in 2005. As with the first volume, no North American release has been announced as of January 2007, although like its predecessor the British edition is available for retail sale in Canadian bookstores.

Contents

[edit] Plot introduction

From saving spies to private passions, this book covers the secret adventures of James Bond's right-hand woman. Jane Moneypenny may project a cool, calm and collected image but her secret diaries reveal a rather different story. In the grip of an uncertain love affair and haunted by a dark family secret, the last thing she needs is a crisis at work. But the Secret Intelligence Service is in chaos. One senior officer is on trial for treason, another has defected to Moscow and her beloved James Bond has been brainwashed by the KGB. Only a woman's touch can save them. Moneypenny soon finds herself embroiled in a highly-charged adventure infused with the glamour of the Cold War espionage game. Alone on a dangerous Russian mission she turns, with breathless intimacy, to writing a truly explosive private diary.

[edit] Trivia

  • In order to write the book Weinberg met up with ex Secret Service agents and even traveled to Moscow to meet Kim Philby's widow.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Secret Servant information. Secret Servant: The Moneypenny Diaries Coming In November. Retrieved on May 13, 2006.
  2. ^ MI6.co.uk Samantha Weinberg Interview (2).

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