Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica

by Matthew Parker

Book Overview

For two months every year, from 1946 to his death eighteen years later, Ian Fleming lived at Goldeneye, the house he built on a point of high land overlooking a small white sand beach on Jamaica's stunning north coast. All the James Bond novels and stories were written here.

This book explores the huge influence of Jamaica on the creation of Fleming's iconic post-war hero. The island was for Fleming part retreat from the world, part tangible representation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1605986860
• ISBN13: 9781605986869
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.5"