- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (4 April 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 014100293X
- ISBN-13: 978-0141002934
- Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 11.1 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 205,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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High in the Swiss Alps, a man hunts respectability with all the cunning that made him Europe's most ruthless criminal. Nothing is to stand in Ernst Stavro Blofeld's way, certainly not 007.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best Bond novels,
By Andrew Reitmeyer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond 007) (Paperback)
OHMSS is by far one of the best Bond books that I have read. Full with action scenarios and a look at the softer, loving side of Bond, OHMSS creates an atmosphere that sweeps you up into the secret covert world of the MI6's best agent. For those who are buying this book based off of the movie, you might not be getting exactly what you expect. Bond in OHMSS is much more thoughtful and emotional than the movie Bond. Regardless, this Bond book is one of the best. Its action will thrill you, its emotion will touch you, and its ending will bring you to tears.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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James Bond - human being,
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This review is from: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond 007) (Paperback)
If you are used to the James Bond of the movies- this James Bond may come as a bit of a surprise - We see him as a bored bureaucrat on a thankless job, as a bit of a snob, as a hothead turned on by a woman overtaking him, as a loner trying to come to terms with - perish forbid - matrimony! We follow him as he impersonates a Scottish peer, trying to act as a heraldry expert- We see him struggle to maintain his cover when a colleague is killed in front of him -We also see him meet Sable Basilisk and Griffon Orr Pursuivant, and discover his family motto - "the world is not enough" - and his crest(3 bezants (balls)-"I am sure that is a valuable bonus") We meet his prospective father in law, an uncommon criminal with the name of an angel - we follow him through his bloody and desperate ski ride through the Swiss alps- and we are there with him at the end of the book - where Bond takes the girl in his arms and says that they have all the time in the world. Its not a book with a clean ending - its more like a significant chapter of the James Bond file - The most devastating personally - but as far as saving the world or Britain is concerned, the operation is done "offscreen" so to speak. And the ending is surely one of the best of all thriller endings. Riveting stuff- the most gadgety movie can't come near this stuff. They dont make books or heroes like that anymore...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The BEST bond book ever,
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This review is from: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Coronet Books) (Paperback)
Ian Fleming shows a completely different side of his cult star James bond in OHMSS, Bond appears caring and this develops his character brilliantly, and his marriage is one of the best aspects of any bond book, the book is funny and also tragic, but we all knew it would end that way
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