Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Ian Fleming: His Life and Times
A Note on the Text
Casino Royale
Appendix A: Other Works by Ian Fleming
- 1. From “Foreign News,” The Kemsley Manual of Journalism (1950)
- 2. “Mudscape with Figures,” Spectator (5 August 1955)
- 3. From The Diamond Smugglers (1957)
- 4. “If I Were Prime Minister,” Spectator (9 October 1959)
- 5. “For Your Eyes Only” (1960)
- 6. “Quantum of Solace” (1960)
- 7. “Gary Powers and the Big Lie,” Sunday Times (11 March 1962)
- 8. “How to Write a Thriller,” Show (August 1962)
Appendix B: Tales of International Intrigue before Bond
- 1. From Erskine Childers, The Riddle of the Sands (1903, c. 1913)
- 2. Baroness Orczy, “The Fate of the ‘Artemis,’” Royal Magazine (November 1904)
- 3. From W. Somerset Maugham, Ashenden, or the British Agent (1928)
- 4. From Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon (1930, 1931)
Appendix C: Secret Intelligence: Some Historical Documents
- 1. D.C. Stapleton to Orme Sargent, Top Secret Letter (23 December 1947)
- 2. Orme Sargent, Top Secret Memo (19 October 1948)
- 3. House of Commons, “Foreign Service (Missing Officials),” Hansard (11 June 1951)
- 4. From Stanley Moss, “Christine the Brave: Bullets and Bluff with the Maquis,” Picture Post (27 September 1952)
Works Cited and Select Bibliography