Ian Fleming
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Ian Fleming

A Personal Memoir

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Ian Fleming

A Personal Memoir

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Forged during the Second World War, the close and abiding friendship of Robert Harling and Ian Fleming, one of the twentieth century's most iconic authors, would go on to define the lives and literature of both men significantly.Their paths first crossed in 1939, and Harling later became Fleming's deputy in the commando unit dubbed 'Fleming's Secret Navy', which was tasked with obtaining equipment, codebooks and intelligence from the enemy. The war made fast friends of the two writers, and Fleming would go on to immortalise Harling in his hugely popular Bond novels Thunderball and The Spy Who Loved Me.Yet beneath the pair's charm, charisma and creativity was an altogether darker reality. Documenting in vivid detail his private exchanges with Fleming, Harling exposes the personality behind his protagonist – one tempered by debilitating bouts of depression and a deep-rooted distrust of women.This extraordinary memoir provides a fascinating and unprecedented insight into the mind of the creator of James Bond – from one of those who knew him best.

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Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Year
2020
ISBN
9781785905599
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Biographies
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Foreword by Fiona MacCarthy OBE
  5. 1: Weekly Intelligence Report
  6. 2: Recall from Western Approaches
  7. 3: Travels and travails
  8. 4: Rendezvous with 30AU
  9. 5: Preludes to D-Day
  10. 6: A brush with D-Day
  11. 7: A Fleming clash
  12. 8: A first whisper of Bond
  13. 9: Probes and problems
  14. 10: Ramble to Kelmscott
  15. 11: Beginning of the end
  16. 12: Variant journeys
  17. 13: To the Elbe
  18. 14: A querying interlude
  19. 15: Trondheim finale
  20. 16: Fleming goes solo
  21. 17: Return to fresh starts
  22. 18: East Anglian reflections
  23. 19: Double lives
  24. 20: Goldeneye gambol
  25. 21: Fleming as publisher
  26. 22: Debut of Bond
  27. 23: Chez Fleming
  28. 24: Transatlantic headhunting
  29. 25: Octagons of friendship?
  30. 26: Metropolitan encounters
  31. 27: Legal and locale defeats
  32. 28: Flemings in Vogue
  33. 29: Farewells too soon
  34. Index
  35. Plates
  36. Copyright