Edition |
First U.S. Edition. |
Description |
x, 486 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [458]-461) and index. |
Contents |
Etonian rebel -- Foreign initiation -- "The world's worst stockbroker" -- Chocolate sailor -- Ian's Red Indians -- Newspaper romance -- Succumbing to marriage -- Bond promotion -- Escaping the 'gab-fests' -- Jamaican attraction -- Emotional turmoil -- Film options -- Heart problems -- Kent and Wiltshire -- Name in lights. |
Summary |
Sportsman, womanizer, naval commander, world-traveler, spy, the suave Old Etonian creator of the Cold War's archetypal secret agent was infinitely more complicated and interesting than his major fictional character, Agent 007, as Lycett shows in this full-length biography of Ian Fleming. |
Subject |
Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964.
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Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Spy stories -- Authorship.
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ISBN |
9781250037985 hardcover |
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1250037980 hardcover |
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