Ian Fleming's War: The Inspiration for 007

by Mark Simmons

Anthony Horowitz (Foreword)

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In 1953, Ian Fleming’s literary sensation James Bond emerged onto the world’s stage. Nearly seven decades later, he has become a multi-billion-pound film franchise, now equipped with all the gizmos of the modern world. Yet Fleming’s creation, who battled his way through the fourteen novels from 1953 to 1966, was a maverick – a man out of place. Bond even admits it, wishing he was back in the real war … the Second World War. Indeed, the thread of the Second World War runs through the whole of the Bond series, and many were inspired by the real events...

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  • ISBN10 075099326X
  • ISBN13 9780750993265
  • Publish Date 3 August 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint The History Press Ltd
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 100000
  • Language English