James Bond : The Authorized Biography of 007

A 2nd ed. very good+ hardcover with very good- DJ, signs of use on DJ & spine as in image, text near fine.
James Bond: The Authorised Biography is a fictional biography of James Bond and was first published in 1973, some years after his factual biography The Life of Ian Fleming (1966). Writing autobiographically, Pearson begins the story with his own recruitment to MI6. Already, the department had assigned Ian Fleming to write novels based upon the real agent; Fleming was to be truthful about the agent's adventures.
Pearson begins to search for the inspiration of the character of James Bond and begins to unearth details of an actual James Bond that knew Ian Fleming. When the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) take an interest in the book, it is suggested that rather than trying to censor and suppress it, they could control the flow of information by cooperating. The theory being that the truth is bound to come out sooner or later, so it is better to get the facts correct from the start.
Pearson ends up in Bermuda where he meets the real James Bond who tells his life story for the record. The earlier parts dealing with Bond's childhood and ancestors are really good and begin to flesh out the character that Fleming only sparingly described. The book moves on to Bond's life during the second world war and his introduction to the world of espionage through Fleming at naval intelligence. The book continues and links the obituary to Bond from the novel You Only Live Twice to the actual James Bond... (literary007dotcom).
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