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James Bond: The Authorized Biography of
biography by John Pearson
James Bond: The Authorized Biography of (laterJames Bond: The Authorised Biography) by John Pearson, is a fictional biography of James Bond, first published in ; Pearson also wrote the biography The Life of Ian Fleming ().
The Authorized Biography of was not commissioned by Glidrose Publications.
Bond was now all about the kitsch, the improbable villains and the even more implausible plots, all filmed in the most gorgeous locations. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was the first foray away from the typical James Bond.It originated as a spoof novel for publisher Sidgwick & Jackson. However, Pearson knew Peter Janson-Smith, the Glidrose chairman, who gave permission for the work to be published. Consequently, this is the only James Bond book from Glidrose, between and , not first published by Jonathan Cape, additionally, it is the only Bond novel with a shared credit; Pearson is the only Bond novelist so recognised.
Plot summary
The premise of James Bond: The Authorized Biography of is that James Bond is based upon a real MI6 agent. Fleming hinted so in You Only Live Twice, in Bond's obituary, that his adventures were the basis of a series of "sensational novels"; illustrating this contention, that novel's comic strip adaptation used covers from Fleming's James Bond novels.
James Bond, designated Agent (always articulated as “double-oh-seven”) in the British Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6, was the creation of British novelist Ian Fleming, who introduced the character in his thriller Casino Royale. Bond was first conceived as a Cold War-era operative.Writing autobiographically, Pearson begins the story with his own recruitment to MI6 and meeting Sir William Stephenson and a fifty-something Bond in Bermuda. 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. The idea was to hide the truth, of Bond's exploits, in plain sight; along the way, Fleming created fictional tales, such as Moonraker, to keep the Soviets guessing what was fact and what was not.
Pearson's also incorporates Fleming's flippant claim to not having written The Spy Who Loved Me, but that Vivienne Michel mysteriously sent him the manuscript.
Based upon the success of his Fleming biography, The Life of Ian Fleming (), MI6 instruct Pearson to write 's biography; he is introduced to a retired James Bond — who is in his fifties, yet healthy, sun-tanned, and married to Honeychile Ryder, the heroine of Dr.
Louis sullivan brief biography of james bond Bond was now all about the kitsch, the improbable villains and the even more implausible plots, all filmed in the most gorgeous locations. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was the first foray away from the typical James Bond.No. Most of James Bond: The Authorized Biography of is Bond telling his life story, including school and first MI6&#;missions, referring to most every novel and short story and, briefly, to Colonel Sun, the Robert Markham series-continuation novel. At conclusion, as Bond rushes to another mission (contrary to mandatory retirement), John Pearson is invited to assume Ian Fleming's scribal duties, like Dr.
Watson assumed with Sherlock Holmes.
Publication history
Out of print since the s, a reprinting of the book was released in [1] The reprint shortens the book's title to James Bond: The Authorised Biography.[2]
Reception
The novel's canonical status as biography is debatable.
Biography of james bond 007 Ian Fleming created the fictional character of James Bond as the central figure for his works. Bond is an intelligence officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond is known by his code number, , and was a Royal Naval Reserve Commander.Some fans consider it canon with Ian Fleming's James Bond novel series, while other aficionados consider it apocryphal. Elements of the biography are contradicted by "official" Bond fiction, notably Charlie Higson's Young Bond series, which suggests that James Bond was born in Switzerland, as opposed to Pearson's suggestion that Bond was born in Wattenscheid, Germany.
Unlike the later Bond novels by John Gardner and Raymond Benson, which are not of (although still based upon) Fleming's continuity, such is not the case with Pearson's book, along with the continuation novelColonel Sun, by Kingsley Amis, (to which Pearson refers). As those books occur in the same time as Fleming's Bond novels, their being canonical with Fleming's books is debatable, yet Pan Books, one British publisher of Bond novels, includes Pearson's book, James Bond: The Authorized Biography of , as an official series entry of their first paperback edition series.