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  1. 'For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond' Now Shipping

    By Devin Zydel on 2008-04-02

    Although not officially due for release until 7 April in the UK, Ben Macintyre’s For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond is now shipping at amazon.co.uk.

    As previously reported by CommanderBond.net, the book accompanies an Ian Fleming centenary exhibition of the same name, which is due to run 25 April 2008 through 1 March 2009 at the Imperial War Museum in London. More details on that event here.

    Cover artwork for For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond can be viewed online at amazon.co.uk.

    The book is published by Bloomsbury Publishing and retails for £20.00 in the UK. It will be released on 29 April (retailing for $34.95) in the US. The full blurb:

    Published to coincide with the 2008 Imperial War Museum exhibition of the same name, this is a thrilling stand-alone book that looks into the entwined worlds of James Bond and Ian Fleming. The book and exhibition will explore how Fleming’s 007 emerged against the background of the Second World War and the Cold War, and how Bond’s world was based on the realities (and fantasies) of Fleming’s life as a wartime spy-master and peacetime bon viveur. They will show how the film version of Bond evolved for a later age, and answer a question that has obsessed generations of Bond fans over the years: where does the world of Ian Fleming end, and that of James Bond begin? Stylishly illustrated, this book will incorporate a treasure-trove of gadgets, costumes, props, and storyboards from the films – Daniel Craig’s blood-stained shirt from Casino Royale, the Aston Martin DB5, complete with weaponry – as well as memorabilia from Fleming’s personal archive: his smoking jacket, the manuscript for Casino Royale, his golden typewriter, his guns, and much more. Alongside this array of extraordinary visuals, Ben Macintyre tells the story of how Fleming created the most popular legend of all time.

    Stay tuned to CBn for further details on Ben Macintyre’s For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond and complete coverage of all the Ian Fleming centenary events.