EAN: 9781787302426

IAN FLEMING - NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE KARTONIERT (TB)

A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond  and his enduring impact  by an award-winning
biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.   Ian Fleming's greatest
creation  James Bond  has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond
represents about ideas of masculinity  the British national psyche and global politics has
shifted over time  as has the interpretation of the life of his author. But Fleming himself was
more mysterious and subtle than anything he wrote.  Ian's childhood with his gifted brother
Peter and his extraordinary mother set the pattern for his ambition to be 'the complete man' 
and he would strive for the means to achieve this 'completeness' all his life. Only a thriller
writer for his last twelve years  his dramatic personal life and impressive career in Naval
Intelligence put him at the heart of critical moments in world history  while also providing
rich inspiration for his fiction. Exceptionally well connected  and widely travelled  from the
United States and Soviet Russia to his beloved Jamaica  Ian had access to the most powerful
political figures at a time of profound change.  Nicholas Shakespeare is one of the most gifted
biographers working today. His talent for uncovering material that casts new light on his
subjects is fully evident in this masterful  definitive biography. His unprecedented access to
the Fleming family papers and his nose for a story make this a fresh and eye-opening picture of
a man whose life was overshadowed by his famous creation.

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