Post by Soutpeel on May 29, 2016 11:10:57 GMT 7
A Celebration of James Bond Author Ian Fleming on the Anniversary of His Birth
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Born in Mayfair on 28 May 1908, during the war Fleming excelled as assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence. In this capacity he was privy to intelligence of the highest level with a broad remit that saw him operate far above his rank of commander. It was also here where he came into contact with various spies, double agents, commandos and saboteurs, and dreamt of the post-war years when he would write, as he put it, "the spy story to end all spy stories".
Fleming was introduced to Jamaica while attending a wartime naval conference and fell in love with the country. It was then he decided to build a holiday home there and towards the end of the war colleagues would find him at his desk sketching out his plans for a house.
Once the war was over he bought the site of an old donkey track on the north shore of the island. It was there he built his house, which he named Goldeneye. Working for the Sunday Times as Foreign Manager, his brief was to build a network of journalists based on his experience of running spies. And additionally to a comfortable salary, Fleming negotiated a two month holiday at the start of each year.
From then on he would escape London's winter gloom in Jamaica each year. In the Caribbean he enjoyed the climate and wildlife, donning a facemask to explore the sub-aquatic world off the small beach at the end of his property.
Fleming finally got down to work on Casino Royale in early 1952 while holidaying in Jamaica. That winter Fleming's life was about to change. He and Ann Rothermere had been having an affair for years, which continued through her two marriages. But she was recently divorced from her second husband and pregnant with Fleming's child. And so, while in Jamaica, they were to be married.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/david-leigh/ian-fleming-james-bond_b_9785322.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
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Born in Mayfair on 28 May 1908, during the war Fleming excelled as assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence. In this capacity he was privy to intelligence of the highest level with a broad remit that saw him operate far above his rank of commander. It was also here where he came into contact with various spies, double agents, commandos and saboteurs, and dreamt of the post-war years when he would write, as he put it, "the spy story to end all spy stories".
Fleming was introduced to Jamaica while attending a wartime naval conference and fell in love with the country. It was then he decided to build a holiday home there and towards the end of the war colleagues would find him at his desk sketching out his plans for a house.
Once the war was over he bought the site of an old donkey track on the north shore of the island. It was there he built his house, which he named Goldeneye. Working for the Sunday Times as Foreign Manager, his brief was to build a network of journalists based on his experience of running spies. And additionally to a comfortable salary, Fleming negotiated a two month holiday at the start of each year.
From then on he would escape London's winter gloom in Jamaica each year. In the Caribbean he enjoyed the climate and wildlife, donning a facemask to explore the sub-aquatic world off the small beach at the end of his property.
Fleming finally got down to work on Casino Royale in early 1952 while holidaying in Jamaica. That winter Fleming's life was about to change. He and Ann Rothermere had been having an affair for years, which continued through her two marriages. But she was recently divorced from her second husband and pregnant with Fleming's child. And so, while in Jamaica, they were to be married.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/david-leigh/ian-fleming-james-bond_b_9785322.html?utm_hp_ref=uk