Ian Fleming Hardcover - 2013
by Lycett, Andrew
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- Title Ian Fleming
- Author Lycett, Andrew
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First American Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher St. Martin's Press, New York
- Date 2013-10-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 21090259
- ISBN 9781250037985 / 1250037980
- Weight 1.59 lbs (0.72 kg)
- Dimensions 9.46 x 6.47 x 1.57 in (24.03 x 16.43 x 3.99 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Historical
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Spy stories, Fleming, Ian
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013014571
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
More than a quarter century after the death of Ian Fleming, Andrew Lycett has produced his definitive biography. Through hundreds of interviews and direct access to Fleming's papers, as well as those of family and friends (which contain much previously unpublished and highly controversial material), Lycett has been able to reveal, for the first time, the truth behind the complicated facade of an enigmatic and remarkable man. With an extraordinary cast of characters, this is biography at its best - part history, part gossip, and part informed reassessment. Sportsman, womanizer, naval commander, world-traveler, spy, this 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. Fleming's wide-ranging and exciting life inevitably provided the plausible backdrop for the Bond novels, and while his temperamental, sometimes violent nature got him into difficulties as a young man, the second World War was the making of him. Highly regarded in British naval intelligence for his international contacts, he master-minded numerous top secret operations, including "Golden Eye", which is uncovered here for the first time. His role in shaping the prototype CIA is also fully detailed.
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Citations
- Booklist, 08/01/2013, Page 20
- Kirkus Reviews, 11/01/2013, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 08/19/2013, Page 0
