About this book, Tom Robbins writes, “ . . . Pearsonʼs discerning eye is an eye that seems especially attuned to recognize the sublime in the ridiculous . . . I loved the book.” Malcolm Margolin writes, “ . . .

This book has been expanded to include further material on such matters as Lord Boothby's close relationship with the killer twins.

First published in 1986, this work came at a time of heightened interest in the royals as it followed the establishment of Lady Diana as the 'ultimate dream princess', Diana, and arrived in the wake of Prince Andrew's wedding.

This is how John Pearson reacted to his first encounter with the real James Bond. At the time, like most of the world, he assumed that James Bond was nothing more than a character in Fleming's highly charged imagination.