The James Bond Girls [Paperback]

Graham Rye (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2000

This text examines fully the women who grace the world of Bond, from Ursula Andress to the new Bond girl, Izabella Scorupco. It includes cast lists from each film, a summary of the plot surrounding each of the girls and a profile of each actress.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Citadel; Revised edition (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806519584
• ISBN-13: 978-0806519586
• Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 9.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,293,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots Of Great Photos, Not Enough Exposition, August 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The James Bond Girls (Paperback)

This book has some great shots of the numerous Bond Girls who have come and gone through the years. The photos are crisp and clear and I recommend this book for anyone who calls themselves a James Bond fan. It's a great addition to the James Bond library.

However, on the critical side, this book didn't live up to my expectations in terms of describing the off-screen lives of the Bond girls. It spends a majority of the exposition describing the plot of each James Bond movie and then reserves only a minimal amount of page space to briefly, and I mean BRIEFLY, tell you about the actresses who portrayed Bond Girls in the movies. It is just not detailed enough. I was hoping to learn more about where Honor Blackman is right now in her life, or what became of Shirley Eaton after she became popular as a "Golden Girl". The book doesn't go into some of these things. Maybe this is because of the lack of information available, but if this is the case, I think the book should be advertised as more of a photo album rather than an expository book. Although the plot descriptions are very good, we have plenty of books which explain the plots of the James Bond movies. It doesn't have to be the emphasis in this book. The emphasis should be on the actresses themselves, not the characters they portrayed in the context of the story.

I give this book four stars because of the quality of the photographs, but it falls short of a five because of the reasons I stated.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glamor in Bond - Like your favorite Whisky, These Aged Well, May 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The James Bond Girls (Paperback)

Growing up on Bond, James Bond, there's a tendency for ones memory to highlight the action scenes, the suggestive sayings, or the coolness of Bond in the age of the Cold War, but this book puts everything back into prospective and lets us remember our shallow youth...and the women who shaped it.

Having all of the Bond books, the collections, and "encyclopedias," etc., I didn't think there'd ever be another Bond book that I'd want to have, much less need, but "The James Bond Girls" is a must have for everyone who's ever thought of themselves as a Bond fan.

5.0 out of 5 stars The bed side companion of all Bond fans, January 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The James Bond Girls (Paperback)

I couldn't put 'The James Bond Girls' down even after the third time I read it. It has an excellent review of each movie, what happened and the stars involved. It gave an interesting account of each of the Bond Girls, what they did before they became a Bond Girl and there life after Bond. The book follows the sequence of all the films and is filled with photographs that compliments all the words and leaves you thinking and feeling 'Wow'. The only downside of the book is that some of the descriptions of the films are not entirely true. Certain details have been mixed up. This is the only thing that stops it getting a 10. When you get hold of this book you won't want to let it out of your sight, so grap a copy and enjoy!