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The Man Who Supercharged Bond: The Extraordinary Story of Charles Amherst Villiers by Paul Kenny (Hardcover, 2009)

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Product Description : A close relation of Winston Churchill Amherst Villiers is perhaps best known as the man who supercharged the Blower Bentley which his close friend Ian Fleming had James Bond drive in Casino Royale and Moonraker However he also developed racing cars designed Malcolm Campbells first land speed record breaking Bluebird and made a return to frontline motor racing in the 1960s with BRM and in the 1970s with Graham Hills eponymous Grand Prix team He spent the best part of 30 years in North America working for the likes of Grumman Douglas and Boeing on a variety of space projects In his spare time he was a society portrait painter and his paintings of Fleming and Hill hang in the Londons National Portrait Gallery

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Amherst Villiers, a cousin of Winston Churchill, is best known as the man who supercharged the legendary Blower Bentley, which his close friend Ian Fleming described as James Bond's only hobby. He also designed Malcolm Campbell's first land speed record-breaking Bluebird, played a part in BRM's only world championship-winning engine, spent 20 years on the US space programme, and painted portraits so fine that his work was on display in London's National Portrait Gallery. Had he been as good with people as he was with engines, this brilliant maverick could have achieved even more.