![]() ![]() Raymond Chandler described him as “the most forceful and driving writer of thrillers in England.” Sales soared when President Kennedy named the fifth title, From Russia With Love, one of his favorite books. His travels, interests, and wartime experience lent authority to everything he wrote. For the next twelve years Fleming produced a novel a year featuring Special Agent 007, the most famous spy of the century. The first print run sold out within a month. Here, in 1952, at his home “Goldeneye,” he wrote a book called Casino Royale-and James Bond was born. During World War II he served as Assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence and played a key role in Allied espionage operations.Īfter the war he worked as foreign manager of the Sunday Times, a job that allowed him to spend two months each year in Jamaica. ![]() ![]() His first job was with Reuters News Agency where a Moscow posting gave him firsthand experience with what would become his literary bete noire-the Soviet Union. He was educated at Eton College and later spent a formative period studying languages in Europe. Ian Fleming was born in London on May 28, 1908. ![]()
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