It was always the same in my experience, the greatest liber… - Christopher Wood

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It was always the same in my experience, the greatest libertines make the most suspicious fathers, and show me a mother who would part her legs for a dray horse and you will find her daughter has a chastity belt before a christening mug. Why they deny their progeny what they find so pleasant themselves I will never conceive.

Christopher Wood

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Christopher Hovelle Wood (born 5 November 1935 – 9 May 2015) was an English screenwriter and novelist best known for the Confessions series of novels and films which he wrote as 'Timothy Lea'. Under his own name, he adapted two James Bond novels for the screen: The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.

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Alternative Names: Timothy Lea • Christopher Hovelle Wood

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