Ian Fleming The Complete Man - Nicholas Shakespeare

A Fresh Portrait Of The Man Behind James Bond, And His Enduring Impact, By An Award-winning Biographer With Unprecedented Access To The Fleming Family Papers. Winner Of The Cwa Gold Dagger For Non-fictionian Fleming's Greatest Creation, James Bond, Has Had An Enormous And Ongoing Impact On Our Culture, But Fleming's Life Was More Mysterious Than Anything He Wrote.ian's Childhood With His Gifted Brother And Extraordinary Mother Established His Ambition To Be 'the Complete Man'. Only A Writer For His Last Twelve Years, His Dramatic Personal Experiences And Career In Naval Intelligence Put Him At The Heart Of Critical Moments In World History, While Also Providing Rich Inspiration For His Fiction.nicholas Shakespeare Is One Of The Most Gifted Biographers Working Today.