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Roger Moore: À bientôt… Roger Moore

Keynote In this warm and engaging book, the late, great Sir Roger Moore reflects on life and ageing. He shares the joys he experienced every day along with the tiny triumphs that life brings to us all at the most unexpected times.

Description In this warm and engaging book, the late, great Sir Roger Moore reflects on life and ageing.

Publication date Thursday, September Delivered, along with his own hand-drawn sketches, to his publisher shortly before he 07, 2017 passed away, in À Bientôt, Roger looks back on his life – and gives it his trademark Price £12.99 sideways glance, too. Nostalgic, funny, charming and, most importantly, very human, his ISBN-13 9781782438618 reflections on age and ageing encompass all aspects of this universal experience, from reminiscences on childhood and ‘what might have been’; keeping abreast of the ever- Binding Hardback changing times; senior moments, memory and getting to grips with technology; the joys – Format 198 x 129 mm and frustrations – of travel; work and play. Along with these he tells of the intense Depth 15.5mm happiness – and some equally intense sadnesses – of family life. Extent 160 pages Word Count Featuring his own sketches throughout, this book sees Roger at his most open and Illustrations b/w line illustrations forthright. The true stories and situations he shares in this warm and intimate book reveal Territorial Rights World a ‘Bond Unbound’, the human being inside the action-adventure character that made him so famous the world over. Always upbeat and – as ever – endearingly self-effacing and In-House Editor Louise Dixon unpretentious, in À bientôt he shares the joys he experienced every day along with the tiny triumphs that life brings to us all at the most unexpected times.

Sales Points Full of warmth and reflections on a life well-lived With a foreword written by Roger's daughter, Deborah Moore Written with Roger’s inimitable humour and charm Features Roger’s own charming line drawings Sales of My Word is My Bond reached over 150,000 in the UK alone; Bond on Bond sold over 90,000 copies; Last Man Standing sold over 37,000 copies

Author Biography Sir Roger Moore KBE had an extraordinary career that spanned seven decades, from early television to the golden age of Hollywood and on to international superstardom. Dashing, handsome and every inch the archetypal English gentleman, he was unforgettable as The Saint, as Lord Brett Sinclair in The Persuaders and, of course, as , making seven blockbusting films as arguably the most debonair of the 007s.

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