17F: The Life of Ian FlemingP. Owen, 1993 - 232 páginas Through his fictional creation, James Bond, Ian Fleming achieved world-wide fame. Fleming has been seen as the archetype for Bond, the jaunty, womanizing secret agent, a somewhat self-indulgent Englishman given to rich man's pursuits. In this book Donald McCormick, who knew Ian Fleming well, sets out to disprove the stereotype playboy image. Fleming was one of four brothers. His father, a Conservative MP with a Scottish background, was killed in the Army in 1917, when Ian was nine. Consequently his mother, a dominant personality, exerted a strong influence on him. After Eton, Fleming went on to Sandhurst, but withdrew to try for the Foreign Office. He failed to enter the latter and subsequently worked in the City. In the war he came into his own and served with distinction, notably as Personal Assistant to the Director of British Naval Intelligence, with the rank of commander - signing his memoranda with the code-name '17F'. After the war he became foreign manager for Kemsley Newspapers. Following his much-acclaimed first novel, Casino Royale, published in 1953, Bond books appeared regularly until his death in 1964. Donald McCormick reaches far and wide in this illuminating account of Ian Fleming's remarkable life, covering his wartime exploits and successful journalistic career as well as his marriage to Anne Rothermere and life at Goldeneye, his house in Jamaica. He shows Fleming as steadfast and loyal to others, but also as a restless man always seeking new talents in himself. Fleming's command of pace and innate romanticism, vital ingredients in his fiction, were ever present too in his many lifetime relationships and activities. |
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... Lord Kemsley , was an unusual man to get along with Fleming . A mixture of the prude and the puritan with a sense of ... Lord Kemsley himself : the restraining influence of this press lord frequently prevented many worthwhile ...
... Lord Kemsley , was an unusual man to get along with Fleming . A mixture of the prude and the puritan with a sense of ... Lord Kemsley himself : the restraining influence of this press lord frequently prevented many worthwhile ...
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The Life of Ian Fleming Donald McCormick. Index Beaverbrook , Lord ( 1st Baron ) 17 , Connolly , Cyril 37 , 173 , 198 Fleming , Mrs Evelyn 21-5 , 28 , 173 ,. Aktion Hess , the 92 Amis , Sir Kingsley 187 , 191 , 194 , 198 , 207-8 Arran , ...
The Life of Ian Fleming Donald McCormick. Index Beaverbrook , Lord ( 1st Baron ) 17 , Connolly , Cyril 37 , 173 , 198 Fleming , Mrs Evelyn 21-5 , 28 , 173 ,. Aktion Hess , the 92 Amis , Sir Kingsley 187 , 191 , 194 , 198 , 207-8 Arran , ...
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... Lord Norman ) 47-9 O'Neill , Lady ( Anne ) 114 O'Neill , Lord ( 1st Baron ) 43 , 114 ONI ( American Office of Naval Intelligence ) 67–70 , 72 OSS 67-74 Patton , General George S. 102 Pearson , John 19 , 74 , 210 Philby , Kim ( H.A.R. ) ...
... Lord Norman ) 47-9 O'Neill , Lady ( Anne ) 114 O'Neill , Lord ( 1st Baron ) 43 , 114 ONI ( American Office of Naval Intelligence ) 67–70 , 72 OSS 67-74 Patton , General George S. 102 Pearson , John 19 , 74 , 210 Philby , Kim ( H.A.R. ) ...
Contenido
Introduction | 9 |
The Ghost of a Dead Father | 21 |
From the City to the NID | 37 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 11 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
Admiral affair agents Algiers American Anne asked became become Britain British called Canaris Casino certainly character chief Christine claimed close contacts correspondent course Crowley dated death detailed early especially eventually fact felt Fleming's foreign French friends gave German give given Godfrey head Hess Ian Fleming idea Intelligence interest Jamaica James Bond John Kemsley kind knew known late later learned letter Live London Lord managed mind Naval Naval Intelligence never Newspapers novel Office once operation original perhaps Peter play published received referred reports result Royale Scotland Yard Second Secret Service seemed Soviet story suggested Sunday taken talk told took United Valentine Fleming various wanted whole World writing written wrote York