![]() ![]() He drew from his wartime service and his career as a journalist for much of the background, detail, and depth of his James Bond novels.įleming wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952. While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units: 30 Assault Unit and T-Force. ![]() ![]() Educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Ian Lancaster Fleming ( – 12 August 1964) was a British writer, best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels. ![]()
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