James Bond (Original Series) #1
Casino Royale
212 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1953
This edition
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212 pages, Paperback
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January 1, 2006 by Penguin Group USA
- ISBN
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9780143037668
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0143037668
- Language
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English
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James Bond
James Bond is a British intelligence officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond is also known by his code number, 007, and is a Royal Naval Reserve Commander.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James...more...
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Felix Leiter
Felix Leiter is a recurring character in the James Bond series. Tall and thin. Relatively young - early 30s? He is an operative for the CIA and Bonds friend. After losing a leg and his hand to a shark attack, Leiter joined the Pinkerton Detective Ag...
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Vesper Lynd
Vesper Lynd is a character featured in Ian Flemings James Bond novel "Casino Royale." Vesper works at MI6 headquarters as personal assistant to Head of Section S. She is loaned to Bond, much to his irritation, to assist him in his mission to bankrup...
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Le Chiffre
He is a Soviet agent under their SMERSH branch; he works for several Communist trade unions in France. He has played fast and loose with their funds and needs to recover the money fast. He chooses baccarat at the Casino Royale....
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René Mathis
Mathis works for the Deuxieme Bureau, the French Secret Service; he is assigned to Bonds effort to bring down Le Chiffre. They have worked together before.more...
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M
M is the head of the British Secret Service which is an adjunct to the defence ministries. Bond and all 00s report to him....
About the author
Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English writer, best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels. 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. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing.
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. 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.
Fleming wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952, at age 44. It was a success, and three print runs were commissioned to meet the demand. Eleven Bond novels and two collections of short stories followed between 1953 and 1966. The novels centre around James Bond, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond is also known by his code number, 007, and was a commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. The Bond stories rank among the best-selling series of fictional books of all time, having sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Fleming also wrote the children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and two works of non-fiction. In 2008, The Times ranked Fleming 14th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Fleming was married to Ann Fleming. She had divorced her husband, the 2nd Viscount Rothermere, because of her affair with the author. Fleming and Ann had a son, Caspar. Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker for most of his life and succumbed to heart disease in 1964 at the age of 56. Two of his James Bond books were published posthumously; other writers have since produced Bond novels. Fleming's creation has appeared in film twenty-seven times, portrayed by six actors in the official film series.
