The Moneypenny Diaries: Secret Chapters

By Kate Westbrook and Samantha Weinberg

Kate Westbrook, niece of the intrepid Miss Moneypenny and editor of her famous diaries, has uncovered two more of her aunt's formerly-classified adventures.
Short stories First Date and For Your Eyes Only, James offer a tantalising (and candid) glimpse into the life of James Bond's confidante and co-conspiritor: the ever-resourceful Miss Moneypenny . . .

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ian Fleming Publications
• Release date: Sep 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781906772680

Kate Westbrook

Kate Westbrook was born in 1970 and educated at Cambridge and Harvard. She has a doctorate in history, specialising in the emergence of post-colonial political structures. She has worked in Africa and Latin America and is the author of numerous articles, as well as two novels, as yet unpublished. She is a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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About Kate Westbrook

Kate Westbrook was born in 1970 and educated at Cambridge and Harvard. She has a doctorate in history, specialising in the emergence of post-colonial political structures. She has worked in Africa and Latin America and is the author of numerous articles, as well as two novels, as yet unpublished. She is a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

The Moneypenny Diaries

by Kate Westbrook

Novels:

The Moneypenny Diaries: Guardian Angel

The Moneypenny Diaries: Secret Servant

The Moneypenny Diaries: Final Fling

Short Stories:

The Moneypenny Diaries: Secret Chapters

The Moneypenny Diaries

Secret Chapters

First Date

For Your Eyes Only, James

Edited by Kate Westbrook

IAN FLEMING PUBLICATIONS

Contents

About Kate Westbrook

The Moneypenny Diaries by Kate Westbrook

Title Page

First Date

For Your Eyes Only, James

About the Author: Samantha Weinberg

Also by Samantha Weinberg

Copyright

First Date

‘Send up Commander Bond straightaway, will you Miss Moneypenny’. It was the first time I’d heard M’s voice on the intercom, clipped, commanding, as if he was issuing orders from the bridge. Which I suppose he was: I just wish I’d had a primer in able-seamanship before starting work as his private secretary.

I buzzed down to C Section and was told he’d be on his way. I knew who Bond was from my days as a cipher clerk, of course. He’s long been a favourite topic of Powder Vine speculation, but I’d never paid much attention. So when the door to my office swung