| Record Number |
868025 |
| ISBN |
9781538138571 (hardback) |
| Author |
Buckton, Oliver S. author. |
| Title |
The world is not enough : a biography of Ian Fleming / Oliver Buckton ; foreword by Jeremy Black. |
| Publisher/Date |
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021] |
| ©2021 |
| Pagination etc. |
xv, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents note |
Prologue: a fateful meeting -- Spyway: the early life of Ian Fleming -- Escape in the Alps: Ian Fleming and James Bond in Kitzb:hel -- From Moscow to Ebury Street: Fleming in the 1930s -- My man Godfrey: Ian Fleming in naval intelligence -- After the war was over: Goldeneye and Kemsley House -- The spy story to end all spy stories: Casino Royale -- The edge of danger: thrilling environments of Ian Fleming -- "Such stubborn retreats": the Bondian worlds of Jamaica and Kent -- Fleming's women, Bond's "Girls" -- Promoting Bond: Fleming, mass culture, and the movies -- From Fleming, with love: travel writings and nonfiction -- The Iron Crab. |
| Summary Note |
"This fresh biography of Ian Fleming presents an illuminating portrayal of the iconic creator of James Bond. Oliver Buckton provides the first in-depth exploration of the process of Ian Fleming's writing, his wartime intelligence work, and the strong women in his life, concluding with a thorough analysis of the James Bond films and Fleming's legacy"-- |
| Subject - Name |
Fleming, Ian, -- 1908-1964 |
| Bond, James(Fictitious character) |
| Subject |
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography |
| Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| Spy stories -- Authorship |
| James Bond films -- History and criticism |
| Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography |
| Biographies. |
| Added Author |
Black, Jeremy, 1955- author of introduction, etc. |
| Shelf Location |
823.914 FLEM |
