Now that he had a location in mind, Fleming developed a plot based on the Enigma, a famous decoding machine used by the Nazis during World War II. This experience inspired him to showcase the city and its surrounding area as the primary location of his next book. In July 1955, he had travelled to Istanbul on a work related assignment for The Sunday Times. With three successful novels having been published (and a fourth on the way), Ian Fleming embarked on his annual Jamaica trip to begin writing his fifth 007 adventure. But when Bond walks willingly into the trap, a game of cross and double-cross ensues - with Bond both the stakes and the prize…” Her mission is to lure Bond to Istanbul and seduce him while her superiors handle the rest. Now, Russia’s deadly SMERSH organization has targeted him for elimination - they have the perfect bait in the irresistible Tatiana Romanova. “ Every major foreign government has a file on James Bond, British secret agent. Teaser from the Penguin paperback edition: Opening Sentence: The naked man who lay splayed out on his face beside the swimming pool might have been dead.īest line: “If there was one thing Bond couldn’t stand it was the sound of his boots being licked.” Page Count: 253 (UK First Edition) 191 (US First Edition) 208 (UK Paperback) 191 (US Paperback) Story Locations: Crimea (Russian SFSR), Moscow (USSR), London (England), Istanbul and Uzunkopru (Turkey), The Orient Express, Trieste (Italy), Paris (France) MI6 Personnel: M, Miss Moneypenny, Bill Tanner, Loelia Ponsonby The Allies: Darko Kerim Bey, René Mathis, Vavra, May Captain Norman Nash, Colonel General Grubozaboyschikov a.k.a. Supporting Villains: Donovan “Red” Grant a.k.a. ‘Danger, like a third man, was standing in the room.’

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