The Man with the Golden Pen

Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond: Secret Agent 007, stands before the audience – a martini in hand – and a terrified look in his eyes. At 42 he is about to do the thing he most fears – he is getting married. It is 1952 and Fleming is putting the finishing touches to the first Bond book, Casino Royale… and Bond is with us: the alter ego, an icon of class and everything Fleming aspired to.