On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Ian Fleming

The Bookclub, 1963 - Fiction - 255 pages

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorWhen James Bond rescues a beautiful, reckless girl from self-destruction, he finds himself with a lead on one of the most dangerous men in the world - Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE. In his snowbound Alpine base, Blofeld is conducting research that could threaten the safety of the world. To thwart the evil genius, Bond must get himself and vital information out of the base.

Contents

• SEASCAPE WITH FIGURES: 9
• GRAN TURISMO: 18
• THE GAMBIT OF SHAME: 27

About the author

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

• Title: On Her Majesty's Secret Service; James Bond Series; New American library; Pan books; The adventures of James Bond
• Author: Ian Fleming
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: The Bookclub, 1963
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: May 27, 2008
• ISBN: 0451025091, 9780451025098
• Length: 255 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Fiction / Thrillers / Espionage