Ian Fleming -- Andrew Lycett, Hardcover

We all know who James Bond is, but how many of us know much about his creator, Ian Fleming, a master of espionage and thrillers? In this full-length biography, author Andrew Lycett tells the story of Ian Fleming's life proving that it was just as dramatic as that of his fictional creation. Educated at Eaton and Sandhurst, he joined Naval Intelligence in 1939 participating in both Operation Mincemeat and Operation Golden Eye. After the war, he became a journalist and, in 1953, wrote Casino Royale thereby introducing the world to an English spy named James Bond.

Set in London, Switzerland and Fleming's Jamaican estate Goldeneye, his life was peopled with luminaries like Noel Coward, Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bond film producer Cubby Broccoli and others. With direct access to Fleming's family and friends, Lycett goes behind the complicated façade of this enigmatic and remarkable man. Ian Fleming by Andrew Lycett is biography at its best--a glittering portrait of the brilliant and enigmatic man who created Agent 007.

Author: Andrew Lycett
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.47w x 1.57d
ISBN: 9781250037985
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 08/01/2013 pg. 20
Publishers Weekly 08/19/2013
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2013

About the Author

ANDREW LYCETT is an English biographer and journalist. He is the author of Rudyard Kipling, Dylan Thomas: A New Life and Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2009. He lives in London.