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By: Sven Trautwein
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The coronation of King Charles is coming up in May.
The new James Bond novel is due to appear shortly beforehand.
With everything that makes a James Bond.
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It is May 4th, two days before the coronation of King Charles III.
Bond's job is to prevent the coronation event from being disrupted.
A James Bond novel couldn't be more timely.
Then “On His Majesty's Secret Service” (original title: “On His Majesty's Secret Service” – promotional link) also appears.
According to author Charlie Higson, the book promises everything you would expect from a Bond novel.
James Bond novel “On His Majesty’s Secret Service”
King Charles III, here still without a crown, becomes a main character in the new James Bond novel “On His Majesty's Secret Service”.
(Symbolic image) © i-Images/Pool/Imago
Recently, publisher Ian Fleming Publications announced that author and actor Charlie Higson was responsible for the new Bond novel.
As an author, he has so far published five titles in the “Young Bond” series.
Here the future secret agent is the main character of the books during his school days.
According to
spiegel.de
, Higson was excited to write a Bond story for adults.
He would have felt a little time pressure when he realized “that it had to be finished by the coronation”.
New James Bond novel: Coronation of King Charles III.
as an occasion
At the last minute, secret agent James Bond is supposed to disrupt the coronation ceremony of King Charles III.
thwart.
The eccentric and extremely rich Athelstan of Wessex, who wants to teach Britain a deadly lesson, has taken it into his head to disrupt the ceremony.
Bond wouldn't be Bond if he tried to stop this plan.
And author Charlie Higson promises a fireworks display of “sex, violence and cars”.
The title is clearly based on the volume “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (promotional link) published 60 years ago.
Ian Fleming is the developer of the James Bond series.
In the 1950s and 1960s he invented the famous secret agent 007. To mark the 70th anniversary, it was announced that the books were now being revised.
The use of language had changed in the past decades and some passages no longer fit into today's literary world.
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The original James Bond novels in the correct order
Casino Royale, 1953
Live and Let Die, 1954
Moonlight, 1955
Diamond Fever, 1956
With love from Moscow, 1957
James Bond chases Dr.
No, 1958
Goldfinger, 1959
James Bond intervenes, 1960
Fireball / Never Say Never Again, 1961
The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963
You only live twice, 1964
The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965
Octopussy, 1968
Royalties from the new book will benefit the National Literacy Trust, which works to teach reading and writing skills to disadvantaged children.
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