Ian Fleming - The Complete Man >>>> A SUPERB SIGNED, DATED & LOCATED UK FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING HARDBACK by Nicholas Shakespeare - 2023

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Paperback / softback. New. <p><b>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.</b><br /><br />Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of masculinity, the British national psyche and global politics has shifted over time, as has the interpretation of the life of his author. But Fleming himself was more mysterious and subtle than anything he wrote.<br /><br />Ian's childhood with his gifted brother Peter and his extraordinary mother set the pattern for his ambition to be 'the complete man', and he would strive for the means to achieve this 'completeness' all his life. Only a thriller writer for his last twelve years, his dramatic personal life and impressive career in Naval Intelligence put him at the heart of critical moments in world… Read More

Trade Paperback. Publisher: Random House UK | 2023 | Trade Paperback | 886 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming Archive. A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming Archive. Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of masculinity, the British national psyche and global politics has shifted over time, as has the interpretation of the life of his author. But Fleming himself was more mysterious and subtle than anything he wrote. Ian's childhood with his gifted brother Peter and his extraordinary mother set the pattern for his ambition to be 'the complete man', and he would strive for the means to achieve this 'completeness'… Read More

Harvill Secker, 2023. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 864 pages. 9.13x6.06x1.57 inches.

UK: Harvill Secker. A superb UK first edition, first printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket - My books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED, DATED & LOCATED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2023.