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Casino Royale (Broché)

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Ian Fleming

Alan Judd

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  • Vintage

  • Paru le : 01/02/2012
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When Ian Fleming quit Naval Intelligence in 1945 he had a plan - to write the spy story to beat all spy stories. And so the world got the hero it had been waiting for - James Bond. In Casino Royale, the first of Fleming's 007 adventures, a game of cards is James Bond's only chance to bring down the desperate SMERSH agent Le Chiffre. But Bond soon discovers that there is far more at stake than money.
  • Date de parution : 01/02/2012
  • Editeur : Vintage
  • ISBN : 978-0-09-957685-3
  • EAN : 9780099576853
  • Format : Grand Format
  • Présentation : Broché
  • Nb. de pages : 230 pages
  • Poids : 0.19 Kg
  • Dimensions : 13,0 cm × 20,0 cm × 1,5 cm
With a new introduction by Alan Judd.

Biographie d'Ian Fleming

Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in London on 28 May 1908 and was educated at Eton College before spending a formative period studying languages,in Europe. His first job was with Reuters news agency, followed by a brief spell as a stockbroker. On the outbreak of the Second World War he was appointed assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiral Godfrey, where he played a key part in British and Allied espionage operations.
After the war he joined Kemsley Newspapers as Foreign Manager of the Sunday Times, running a network of correspondents who were intimately involved in the Cold War. His first novel, Casino Royale, was published in 1953 and introduced James Bond, Special Agent 007, to the world. The first print run sold out within a month. Following this initial success, he published a Bond title every year until his death.
Raymond Chandler hailed him as "the most forceful and driving writer of thrillers in England." The fifth title, From Russia, With Love, was particularly well received and sales soared when President Kennedy named it as one of his favourite books. The Bond novels have sold more than sixty million copies and inspired a hugely successful film franchise which began in 1962 with the release of Dr No starring Sean Connery as 007.
The Bond books were written in Jamaica, a country Fleming fell in love with during the war and where he built a house, "Goldeneye". He married Ann Rothermere in 1952. His story about a magical car, written in 1961 for their only child Caspar, went on to become the well-loved novel and film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Fleming died of heart failure on 12 August 1964.
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