Bond Cars: The Definitive History
By (Author) Jason Barlow
Ebury Publishing
BBC Books
19th January 2021
29th October 2020
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Gift books
629.222
Hardback
336
Width 224mm, Height 282mm, Spine 26mm
1636g
Published to coincide with the hotly anticipated new Bond film, No Time To Die, this is the ultimate history of the Bond car, slipcased and beautifully presented, with exclusive facsimile material from the Bond archive. Live and let drive. Bond Cars- The Definitive History is a lavish celebration of the cars that also became the stars alongside the world's most famous fictional spy. Featuring exclusive and priceless assets such as the original call sheets, technical drawings and story-boards, accompanied by previously unpublished photography and exclusive interviews, we put you behind the wheel of every car driven by 007 on film. With insights from the producers and keepers of the Bond flame, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli as well as Daniel Craig and special effects and action vehicles supervisor and veteran of 15 Bond films, Chris Corbould, this is the story of cinema's greatest icon, told through the prism of the legendary cars he has driven.
Jason Barlow is a journalist and broadcaster who has driven every significant new car - and lots of old ones - in his 25-year career. Currently editor-at-large for BBC TopGear, and a long-standing contributing editor to British GQ, Barlow has also written forThe Times, the Guardian, and the Daily Telegraph. He has presented numerous television shows on cars and popular culture for the BBC, ITV, Sky, and the Discovery Channel. He lives in rural Essex, where the roads are very good indeed.