Ian Fleming biography written by Andrew Lycett (UK hardback)

By: Anders Frejdh

Published:
2004-09-06

Publication of Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond by Andrew Lycett in hardback.

Andrew Lycett's direct access to Fleming's family, friends and contemporaries has enabled him to reveal the truth behind the complicated facade of this enigmatic and remarkable man.

With an extraordinary cast of characters, this is biography at is best - part history, part gossip and part an informed reassessment of one of this century's most celebrated yet mysterious personalities.

The definitive biography of author Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond 007.

Book description:
Sportsman, womaniser,naval commander,traveller,spy, Flemings own life was an obvious backdrop for his stories of the renowned 007. This book provides an insight into the very private life of the man himself.

Book details:
Hardcover: 328 pages
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0297812998
ISBN-13: 978-0297812999
Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3.8 cm

Reviews:
"As good as any Bond novels, it proves that facts can be equally as fascinating as any fiction" - SUNDAY MERCURY

"This is a revealing biography of a man who lived life in the fast lane" - GOOD BOOK GUIDE

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.

Other editions of Andrew Lycett's Ian Fleming on From Sweden With Love:
>Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond (US hardback, April 1996)
>Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond (UK paperback, November 1996)
>Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond (Audiobook, August 2010)
>Ian Fleming (Kindle edition, October 2012)

Order the U.K. hardback edition of Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond from Amazon UK:

www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0297812998/fromswedenwit-21/

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