He was orphaned at 11 years old after his parents died in a climbing accident and he goes to live with his Aunt. Not much is known about his heritage or his early life, other than he travelled extensively when he was younger and he learnt many languages. In one of the movies, he does mention that he is 80 years shy of retirement age, but this still doesn’t make sense. Fleming changes his dates and timelines so often in the books that no one really knows how old he is. In the books and movies, it is thought he is in his late thirties but he never ages beyond that. The character was created in 1953 and he first appeared in the novel Casino Royale. Fleming wrote about James Bond in 12 novels and then 2 short stories. James Bond is a famous character created by Ian Fleming. With a Mind to Kill (By:Anthony Horowitz)

The Man With the Red Tattoo (By:Raymond Benson) The World is Not Enough (By:Raymond Benson) This is James Bond as Fleming imagined him.The Man from Barbarossa (By:John Gardner) Trigger Mortis is also the first James Bond novel to feature previously unseen Ian Fleming material. Welcoming back familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny, international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz ticks all the boxes: speed, danger, strong women and fiendish villains, to reinvent the golden age of Bond in this brilliantly gripping adventure. Soon Bond is pitched into an entirely different race uncovering a plan that could bring the West to its knees. But it's Bond who finds himself in the driving seat and events take an unexpected turn when he observes a suspicious meeting between SMERSH's driver and a sinister Korean millionaire, Jai Seong Sin. The Soviet counter-intelligence agency plans to sabotage a Grand Prix race at the most dangerous track in Europe. Unknown to either of them, the USSR and the West are in a deadly struggle for technological superiority. By his side is Pussy Galore, who was with him at the end. It's 1957 and James Bond (agent 007) has only just survived his showdown with Auric Goldfinger at Fort Knox. Literary legend James Bond returns to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating thriller by Sunday Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. James Bond returns in this thrilling new adventure from Anthony Horowitz - with original material by Ian Fleming.

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