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Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica by Matthew Parker (CD-Audio, 2015)

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Amid the lush beauty of Jamaica's rthern coast lies the true story of Ian Fleming's iconic creation: James Bond.For two months every year, from 1946 to his death eighteen years later, Ian Fleming lived at Goldeneye, the house he built on a point of high land overlooking a small white-sand beach on Jamaica's stunning rth coast. All the James Bond vels and stories were written here.This book explores the huge influence of Jamaica on the creation of Fleming's iconic postwar hero. The island was for Fleming part retreat from the world, part tangible representation of his values, and part exotic fantasy. Goldeneye also examines Fleming's Jamaican friendships--his extraordinary circle included Errol Flynn, the Oliviers, international politicians, and British royalty, as well as his close neighbor Noel Coward--and traces his changing relationship with Ann Charteris (and hers with Jamaica) and the emergence of Blanche Blackwell as his Jamaican soul mate.Goldeneye also compares the real Jamaica of the 1950s during the buildup to independence with the island's portrayal in the Bond books, to shine a light on the attitude of the likes of Fleming and Coward to the dramatic end of the British Empire.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
ISBN-10
1481514172
ISBN-13
9781481514170
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208747669

Product Key Features

Author
Matthew Parker
Format
CD, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Genre
Biography: Literary

Dimensions

Weight
295g
Height
155mm
Width
168mm

Additional Product Features

Spine
33mm
Running Time
560
Read by
Roy Mcmillan
Contained Items Statement
8 Audio Cds
Date of Publication
11/03/2015
Subject
Biography: Literary
Imprint
Blackstone Audiobooks
Country of Publication
United States

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