Bond book: Licence Renewed
Author: John Gardner
Publication year: 1981
Licence Renewed is the first novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. It was the first proper James Bond novel (not counting novelizations and a faux biography) since Kingsley Amis's Colonel Sun in 1968. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and in the United States by Richard Marek, a G. P. Putnam's Sons imprint.
The release of Licence Renewed successfully relaunched the Bond literary franchise, being the first of 14 original novels by Gardner until his retirement in 1996. In that time frame Gardner also wrote two novelizations.
When Licence Renewed begins, M reminds Bond that the 00 section has in fact been abolished; however, M retains Bond as a troubleshooter (pun intended), telling him "You'll always be 007 to me". Bond is assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been having meetings with a terrorist named Franco. Franco is identified and tracked by MI5 to a village in Scotland called Murcaldy. Since Murcaldy is outside of MI6's jurisdiction, the Director-General of MI5, Richard Duggan requests that M send Bond to survey Murik. Relying on information that MI5 did not have, M changes Bond's assignment to instead infiltrate Murik's Scottish castle and gain Murik's confidence.
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LE NEGRESCO
Location: Nice, France
Address: 37, Promenade des Anglais
Bond book appearance: Licence Renewed
Designed in the style of the Belle Epoque, Hotel Negresco is located on the Promenade des Anglais, overlooking the Bay of Angels in Nice.
The perfect combination of historic and contemporary is Negresco’s trademark. Equipped and personalized with exceptional period furniture, each one of the 96 rooms and 21 suites draws its inspiration from the most remarkable French art periods. From Louis XIII style to modern art, five centuries of history are represented.
Each air-conditioned room and suite offers elegant furniture and a four-poster bed. They are also equipped with a flat-screen TV, free Wi-Fi access and a private bathroom.
Savour gourmet cuisine in Le Chantecler restaurants or the Brasserie La Rotonde or meet for drinks in the British-style bar Le Relais.
A generous buffet breakfast of fresh food is served in La Rotonde restaurant each morning.
Hotel Negresco provides a private car park and also has access to a private beach. It is a 15-minute walk from the Old Town and Nice Train Station. Nice Côte d'Azur Airport is just 5 km from the hotel.
248.00 € / night, breakfast not included. (2013)
Negresco is also a Bond hotel. Mr. Bond has stayed there in John Gardner book
"Licence Renewed" and ate there in same author's book "Role of Honour".
"Then they sat and breakfasted at the balcony, watching the early strollers along Promenade des Anglais and the white triangles of yacht sails against the Mediterranean."
John Gardner: "Licence Renewed"
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