For Your Eyes Only
Author(s): Ben Macintyre
A riveting look into the world of James Bond and his creator, published on the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth.
In For Your Eyes Only, Ben Macintyre reveals where the world of Ian Fleming ends and the world of James Bond begins. Macintyre looks at the actual people on whom the writer based his fictional creations--friends, colleagues, lovers, and, of course, the notorious villains. Exploring the tradition of spy fiction past and present, with specific attention to the Cold War, Macintyre explains how Bond was based on the realities--and fantasies--of Fleming's life as a wartime spymaster and peacetime bon vivant.
Stylishly illustrated, For Your Eyes Only features a collector's dream of gadgets, costumes, props, and storyboards from the films--Daniel Craig's bloodstained shirt from Casino Royale, the Aston Martin DB5, complete with weaponry--as well as memorabilia from Fleming's personal archive: his smoking jacket, the manuscript for Casino Royale, his golden typewriter, his guns, and much more.
Product Information
The Imperial War Museum exhibition, sponsored by The Times, opens on 25th APRIL 2008 and will run to FEBRUARY 2009. They expect over 100,000 visitors. 2008 is the YEAR OF BOND: it's the CENTENARY OF FLEMING'S BIRTH on 28th May, coinciding with the pub date of the NEW BOND NOVEL, written by SEBASTIAN FAULKS. The NEW BOND FILM is released in November. Previous IWM tie-in book Corsets to Camouflage by Kate Adie sold 30,000 copies
PRAISE FOR AGENT ZIGZAG: 'Superb. Meticulously researched, splendidly told, immensely entertaining and often very moving' JOHN LE CARRE 'It is unlikely that a more engaging study of espionage and deception will be published this year' THE TIMES 'Bursts with wonderful detail, all of it true, and is jam-packed with the most eccentric and curious characters' CRAIG BROWN, Book of the Week, MAIL ON SUNDAY 'He has that enviable gift, the inability to write a dull sentence ... an enthralling book' SPECTATOR
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : 0.56699
- : 01 April 2008
- : 246mm X 189mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 224
- : Hardback
- : Ben Macintyre
