Post by Blowfeld Β» Mon Nov 21, pm. Post by bondoholic Β» Tue Nov 22, am. Post by commanderagain Β» Tue Nov 22, am. Post by Omega Β» Wed Nov 23, pm. Privacy Terms. Classic Bond Forum Skip to content. Quick links. Michael Korda finds his own family story in its midst. This was well before Ian Fleming became a household name as the author of the James Bond books, probably in , shortly after I had joined the Royal Air Force, and I was conspicuous only by my youth and my uniform. I was undergoing training at the time for radio or, as we call it in the U.
He raised an eyebrow at the presumption of an Aircraftman Second Class introducing himself, and mumbled his name.
Peter Fleming was a famous English traveler, explorer and adventurer, whose non-fiction books were hugely successful. My father owned signed copies of all of themβhe and Peter Fleming had become acquainted over some detail of set design at the Korda film studio in Sheppertonβand I had read each of them with breathless adolescent excitement.
Lawrence were then my favorite writers and role models it was because of Lawrence that I had joined the R. His cigarette, I could tell, was something special, not a brand you could buy from the corner tobacconist. I am Ian Fleming. I haven't met many bios of Fleming, but one that sticks in my mind is the one by John Pearson. Fleming was depicted as born with a silver spoon, maybe a tarnished one, but one that he took to heart. It was said he was a real snob, as this article indicates.
Then again, others said he was kind, so he may have been in the middle ground. Anyone who would take the caste system seriously holds the cup of silliness. He was involved in the formation of the CI A, outlining its format.
