So begins Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale, first published in April 1953 and the start of James Bond’s literary career. Although criticised at the time for “sex, sadism and snobbery”, the books of Ian Fleming feature a more complex character than found in the films and are full of detail and vivid imagination.
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- Moonraker: locations from the novel
Uniquely among the James Bond novels, the action of Moonraker takes place exclusively in Britain.
Read more... - The Bond Novelizations Part III: Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day
After the success of The James Bond Bedside Companion, American author and Bond fan Raymond Benson was appointed by Glidrose to lead the literary 007 into the late 1990s.
Read more... - Moonraker: Brands from the novel
Bentley In Moonraker Fleming gives more information about James Bond’s 1930 4½-litre supercharged Bentley coupé, “which he kept expertly tuned so that he could do a hundred when he wanted to”.
Read more... - Remembering Sir Roger Moore
It was one hot Saturday afternoon in August 1975 when I got my first taste of James Bond on the big screen.
Read more... - The Bond Novelizations Part II: Licence to Kill and GoldenEye
British writer John Gardner wasn’t new to the world of James Bond in 1989, when Timothy Dalton’s second film as agent 007, Licence to Kill, was released.
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On this day...
- Birthday of Robert Brown [1921]
Robert Brown, who played Admiral Hargreaves in The Spy Who Loved Me and M in Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill, was born in Dorset on 23rd July 1921.
Read more... - Birthday of Diana Rigg from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service [1938]
Diana Rigg, who played Countess Teresa di Vicenzo in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, was born in Doncaster on 20th July 1938.
Read more... - Birthday of Burt Kwouk from Goldfinger [1930]
Burt Kwouk, who played Mr Ling in Goldfinger, was born in Cheshire on 18th July 1930.
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