Pierce Brosnan: The Biography [Hardcover]

'A well-researched, authoritative biography - a must-read'

'A frank but affectionate portrait of the actor-cum-superstar'

'Revealing'

A comprehensive chronicle of the best Bond since Connery.

Pierce Brosnan was first offered the part of Bond in 1986, only to be prevented from taking it by contractual obligations to the television series "Remington Steele". It wasn't until 1995 that he burst onto the big screen as the legendary James Bond in "Goldeneye". To many, it was a part he was born to play. Brosnan decided to become an actor after seeing "Goldfinger" when he was ten, he married an ex-Bond girl and seems to have just the right combination of good looks, charm and single-mindedness for which James Bond was famed. This book tells the story of Brosnan's rags-to-riches life. Born in Ireland, his parents divorced when he was very young. He spent his childhood living with various relatives, before eventually "settling" with his mother in London. It tells of his shy and lonely childhood and nascent passion for acting which has taken him to the heady heights of Bond, and on the back of that success, his own production company, Irish Dream Time. Though driven by his work, Brosnan is also very much a family man, and this biography also explores Brosnan's personal life. His beautiful Australian wife, Cassandra, tragically died of cancer, but after some time as a single parent, he has found happiness with his second wife, Kelly Shaye-Smith and their new family. He is also involved in a number of cancer, environmental and children's charities, the Prince's Trust and Irish UNICEF.

From Ireland to Hollywood, via Remington Steele, The Long Good Friday and Mrs Doubtfire, Pierce Brosnan is now truly a superstar - he was even voted 'Sexiest Man Alive' by People magazine in November 2001. Forced to turn down the part of James Bond by contractual obligations when he was first offered it in 1986, Brosnan was able to accept the part some years later and has now taken on the mantle of the world's most famous secret agent and made it his own. With his fourth Bond film, Die Another Day, his marriage and the creation of his own production company, Brosnan is riding high in both his professional and his private life, and this revised and updated edition of the critically acclaimed biography reveals all about one of Hollywood's hottest stars.

Journalist York Membery has written for the Daily Mirror. Sunday Times, GQ, Mail on Sunday, OK!, Readers Digest and the Express.