Moore, please! - Rated 
If Sir Roger Moore were to be hit by the current recession, I would be mightily surprised; over the years, he's shrewdly managed his finances as well as his career. No-one could accuse Moore of being a great actor, but he's a very competent one and a great screen presence who has always acted well within his limitations.
Now, he's turned his talents to writing and I believe that this is the best film star's autobiography I've read since Niven's `The Moon's a Balloon.' There's an art in storytelling and Moore has captured it. A natural raconteur, it's not always easy or indeed possible to turn one's talents from the spoken word into the written one but Moore has achieved it and very well written his stories are, too.
His account of the confrontation between his then wife, Dorothy Squires and the comedian, Lennie Bruce, had me in stitches and this, plus his very nicely laconic accounts of other high and low points in his career all add up to a very readable book.
His chum, David Niven, followed up his initial success with another book about the Hollywood glitterati; I wonder if Sir Roger Moore will? If he does, I shall be the first in the queue for a copy.
MUST BUY - Rated
I WAS LENT THIS BOOK TO READ WHILE ON HOLIDAY RECENTLY, BUT HAD TO LEAVE IT BEHIND.
I WAS DETERMINED TO BUY IT FOR MY OWN COLLECTION AS I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!! THE
WRITING IS EXCELLENT AND REALLY FUNNY AT TIMES. EVERYONE KNOWS THE MAN WHO WAS ONE
OF THE 007's, BUT MR MOORE IS SO MUCH MORE. LOVED IT.. THANK YOU SIR ROGER.
I CAN'T RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY ENOUGH - FIVE STARS ARE TOO MEAN!!!
Raise that eyebrow get a martini and enjoy ! - Rated
Being a huge Moore fan i jumped at the chance to buy this book and i could not put it down, what a fabulous and fun filled life Sir Rog has had and you really get a good insight into his life and career, loved the Bond chapters and stories and was sad when the book ended, i recently met Sir Rog and he comes across just as he does in the book, charming, smooth and a true British Icon !
Does what it says on the cover - Rated 
Roger Moore's word is his bond. A wonderful autobiography which if you are looking for warts and all about others he has worked with then you will be sorely disappointed. Even when in the story you come across Moore working with Grace Jones in a Bond film, he readily admits that he would rather not say anything. That to me speaks volumes. So less is probably Moore in this autobiography's case.
Moore starts from the very beginning and we are introduced to him from birth, what follows is his journey throughout childhood, on stage, on TV and into films as well as his many sojourns into hospital and it becomes apparent that although he calls himself a `hypochondriac' he has merely had a run of bad luck. There are many tales about his time as `The Saint' and also the `Persuaders' shows which I have never seen but that did not matter, as I learnt much about them from this book. Perhaps the Bond films could have been covered a bit more, but I sense from reading that although they were fun to make there was a lot of wrangling behind the scenes before the finished article was premiered and perhaps it is best not to ruin an illusion that has been created and still survives to this day.
Moore is honest in his life with his wives, I knew he had been married more than once, but did not realise, he had been married 4 times. I hope from the reading that he has found solace and peace with Kristina. Honesty is shown throughout his descriptions of UNICEF. Again like other reviewers I thought this was a recent venture but it has been going on behind the scenes for many years. Moore and his family, as he got them involved, have tirelessly travelled the world to see children in the poor circumstances they have to live, work and play in. Parts of this brought a tear to my eye. Forget that a famous film actor is telling you this, this is really happening out there.
A good autobiography, which covers from beginning of life to the here and now. Told in anecdotes in some places throughout the book, it feels like as he was writing, another memory popped up and that was recorded, even if it did not fall into a true timeline. It is clear that this is not all his own work and Gareth Owen who obviously helped him is given recognition at the front of the book and in Moore's thanks. Do not let this put you off though, as I sometimes do if it is not all their own work and narrative, here it works for this actor and his autobiography.
Wonderful read and insight into a British tv/movie icon - Rated
Read this book on holiday last week and couldn't put it down. The book very much comes from the soul of Roger Moore briefly highlighting a happy but eventful childhood and upbringing during the war years before charting his early attempts to get into acting and then recruitment into the British army. His writing is charming, witty and often hilarious, the chapters detailing his early break into movie making are the big highlight of the book as you realise some of the big stars that he worked with before his big break with the TV show The Saint. He describes fondly his relationships with Lew Grade, David Niven and Tony Curtis, the funny stories associated with various directors and writers are a delight. The Bond years are covered over a reasonable number of pages but in decreasing detail as each film passes. The disappointment for me was that his work on The Wild Geese was only described briefly over a couple of pages, I would liked to have read more about what it was like to work with the screen greats that were Richard Burton and Richard Harris and what it was like to film in such a difficult environment as South Africa under apartheid. The later part of the book covers his charity work with UNICEF which has obviously given him much satisfaction. Some of the name dropping that he does in the second half of the book does grate a little, a man of his stature shouldn't need to turn to such sickly measures but this is a small gripe. Roger Moore is a man who is truly grateful for what life has given him, a great career and a loving family, and this warmth and joy comes through in abundance in his book. Highly recommended.
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