Casino Royale: A James Bond Novel

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Penguin Books, 1953 - Fiction - 181 pages
In the first of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, 007 declares war on Le Chiffre, French communist and paymaster of the Soviet murder organization SMERSH.

The battle begins with a fifty-million-franc game of baccarat, gains momentum during Bond's fiery love affair with a sensuous lady spy, and reaches a chilling climax with fiendish torture at the hands of a master sadist. For incredible suspense, unexpected thrills, and extraordinary danger, nothing can beat James Bond in his inaugural adventure.

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The Secret Agent
1
Dossier for M
8
Number 007
17
Copyright

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About the author (1953)

Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on May 28, 1908, in London, England. He attended Eton College and then the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He left there after a year to go study languages in Munich and Geneva. Fleming served as the Moscow correspondent for the Reuters News Agency from 1929 till 1933. he then became a banker and a stockholder in London until the beginning of World War II. When the war began, Fleming became the personal assistant to the Director of British Naval Intelligence, where he learned most of his espionage terms. When the war was over, he worked as the foreign manager of The Sunday Times in London. Fleming wrote twelve James Bond novels, nearly all of which were made into Motion Pictures. His works included: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, Dr. No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, and For Your eyes Only. He of died of a heart attack on August 12, 1964.

Bibliographic information

TitleCasino Royale: A James Bond Novel
A James Bond Novel
Ian Fleming's James Bond 007
James Bond 007 collection
James Bond 007
Volume 1 of James Bond Series
AuthorIan Fleming
Editionreprint
PublisherPenguin Books, 1953
ISBN014200202X, 9780142002025
Length181 pages
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Fiction / Action & Adventure
Fiction / Humorous / General
Fiction / Thrillers / Espionage
  
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