Lot Essay
James Bond's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld, played by Telly Savalas, is keen to research his family tree in order to lay a dubious claim to the title of Count de Bleuchamp giving James Bond, played by George Lazenby, the perfect pretext to disguise himself as Sir Hilary Bray, a representative of the College of Arms in London. Bond travels to Piz Gloria, Blofeld's mountain-top lair in the Swiss Alps, and there, as Raymond Benson points out, discovers the link between Blofeld's desire to be recgonised as the Count de Bleuchamp, and his evil plot afoot...to launch biological warfare...by hypnotizing ten beautiful girls (supposedly allergy victims) and ordering them to do his bidding. The girls will go out into the land and poison livestock and crops. Blofeld's demands for stopping the virus attack are complete amnesty from all governments with a price on his head, and recognition of his title of Count...