21st Century: Query 186 (Ian Fleming)
“Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch.” ~ Ian Fleming was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels . Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co. , and his father was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton , Sandhurst and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva , Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing. While working for Britain’s Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units, 30 Assault Unit and T-Force . His wartime service and his career as a journalist provided much of the background, detail and depth of the James Bond novels . Fleming wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale , in 1952. It w