James Bond Destinations
Over the past six decades, the globetrotting secret agent James Bond 007 has taken audiences to over a hundred real-life locations. In the early- to mid 1960s when international travel was a rarity, the franchise dominated public imagination, igniting dreams of glamorous vacations. As travel became more accessible, the hunt for new, exciting destinations took hold. This visual extravaganza offers insights into unforgettable scenes shot in 19 locations, such as Ursula Andress emerging from Jamaican waters, Daniel Craig's high-speed car chase in Rome, and Roger Moore's epic showdown on a Sugarloaf cable car in Rio.
Over the past six decades, the globetrotting secret agent James Bond 007 has taken audiences to over a hundred real-life locations. In the early- to mid 1960s when international travel was a rarity, the franchise dominated public imagination, igniting dreams of glamorous vacations. As travel became more accessible, the hunt for new, exciting destinations took hold. This visual extravaganza offers insights into unforgettable scenes shot in 19 locations, such as Ursula Andress emerging from Jamaican waters, Daniel Craig's high-speed car chase in Rome, and Roger Moore's epic showdown on a Sugarloaf cable car in Rio.
Daniel Pembrey is the author of the Henk van der Pol detective books, a series of crime fiction novels set in Amsterdam. As a journalist, Pembrey has contributed to ‘Architectural Digest’, ‘The Telegraph’, ‘Condé Nast Traveller’, ‘The Independent’, and ‘The Financial Times’. A die-hard 007 fan and a frequent editorial collaborator at EON, the production company behind the James Bond film franchise, Pembrey lives directly across the King’s Road from Bond’s fictional apartment in Chelsea, London.
- Publisher: Assouline Books
- Hard cover
- Colour photography
- Number of pages: 328 pages
- ISBN: 9781649802736