Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond - Hardcover

Lycett, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570363439 ISBN 13: 9781570363436

Publisher: Turner Pub, 1995

Synopsis

Offers a look at the personal and professional life of the creator of secret agent 007

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Lycett was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford (where he read modern history). As a foreign reporter he specialised in Africa and the Middle East. A full-time author since the early 1990s, he has written a number of highly acclaimed biographies and lives in north London.

From AudioFile:

A rich life story is matched with an ideal reader. Andrew Lycett's literate, well-researched biography of Ian Fleming--whose string of James Bond novels capped an exciting life that included wartime service, espionage and love affairs--is an absorbing account of one of the most fascinating figures of popular culture. Lycett's sure grasp of the Bond novels also allows him to refer to pertinent and familiar scenes that reflect Fleming's many travels and earlier experiences. Robert Whitfield narrates the text in clear, crisp BBC English. His brisk pace fits Lycett's trim, balanced sentences. Fleming loved privilege, and his life story is served well by a reader whose performance connotes a patrician equanimity and style. G.H. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Turner Pub
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1570363439
• ISBN 13: 9781570363436
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 486