Philip Hensher

The astonishing truth about 007

New revelations about Ian Fleming’s war work confirm that the Bond novels’ apparently preposterous plots were often based on real events

Ian Fleming in a publicity pose in the 1960s. [Bridgeman Images] 
issue 30 September 2023

  • Ian Fleming: The Complete Man

    Nicholas Shakespeare

    Harvill Secker, pp. 864, £30

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