{"product_id":"the-life-of-ian-fleming-paperback","title":"The Life of Ian Fleming - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Pearson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is now 50 years since the premiere of Dr No, the very first Bond film, with Sean Connery introducting 007 as the glamorous secret agent who would become the single most profitable movie character in the history of cinema. But James Bond was invented by one man, Ian Fleming, a wartime intelligence officer and Sunday Times newspaper man who lived to see only the very beginning of the Bond cult.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Pearson's famous biography remains the definitive account of how only Ian Fleming could have dreamed up James Bond, for he led a life as colourful as anything in his fiction, which in turn became a covert autobiography. Charming, debonair and a ruthless womaniser, globetrotting from wartime Algiers to beachside Jamaica, Fleming was as elusive and opaque as his imaginary creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his new introduction, John Pearson examines the extent to which Fleming's character informs even the most recent movie portrayals of his hero, and how Bond himself has achieved immortality beyond his creator's wildest dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pearson was born in 1930, and educated at King's College School, Wimbledon and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he read history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has worked on various newspapers, including the\u003ci\u003e Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ewhere for a time he wrote the \u003ci\u003eAtticus\u003c\/i\u003e column. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter the success of his \u003ci\u003eLife of Ian Fleming\u003c\/i\u003e, he decamped with wife and family to Rome, where he lived for some years. Mr Pearson returned to England to research and write the life and times of the Kray brothers in \u003ci\u003eThe Profession of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e and has since written many more successful works of both fiction and non-fiction. Biographies remain his specialty with accomplished studies of the Sitwells, Winston Churchill and the Royal Family following his earlier successes.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 518\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47573626847485,"sku":"9781448208067","price":39.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/WkdIRFQ3YzVYTk1NUzZMV2pkalQ1UT09.webp?v=1779699351","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-life-of-ian-fleming-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}