Ian Fleming The Complete Man - Interview with Biographer Nicholas Shakespeare

Welcome back, fellow spy enthusiasts, to another captivating episode of the Spybrary Spy Book Podcast! Today, we are thrilled to present a very special 90-minute episode titled "Ian Fleming: The Complete Man" with the esteemed novelist and Ian Fleming biographer Nicholas Shakespeare.
For this interview, Spybrary host and founder Shane Whaley recruited James Bond and Ian Fleming scholars Ajay Chowdhury and Jeremy Duns, to dive deep into the life and works of the legendary creator of James Bond, Mr. Ian Fleming with biographer Nicholas Shakespeare.
With unrivaled access to the Fleming family, archives, and a trove of new material, Shakespeare presents a new, nuanced portrait of Ian Fleming's life. So place your devices on do not disturb and enjoy this in depth interview with Ian Fleming biographer Nicholas Shakespeare.
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[@BluGiant14]

Brilliant interview and excellent bio of both Fleming and Mr. Shakespeare’s process. Fleming deserves so much more praise than he receives

[@ICONS-podcast]

Excellent. Any interview with Ajay Chowdhury is superb!

[@AE-Rugby]

This is so so Compelling, particularly how the book ends !!!!!!!! Thank you

[@ricktimus73]

What an absolutely delightful chat/interview! Shakespeare is, befitting his name, a proper raconteur. Certainly convinced me to pick up the biography.

[@deshaley7274]

It's great to hear about Bill Marshall. As a youngster I worked in a building on the Great West Road in Brentford where Bill was the caretaker. I used to have my tea breaks with Bill and we used to talk about his War experiences. Lots of fascinating tales. A truly great man but also a nice man who befriended a young man trying to make his way in the world.

[@iakona23]

This is a great interview. Thank you. I really want to know more about Peter Fleming. That guy had more adventures in the 1930s-1940s than his brother Ian.

[@metamoralia]

Thank you, this is wonderful!

[@ancientsled4778]

Brilliant!

[@Bloodknok]

I've just finished the book - marvellous - and this interview added something useful on top.

[@Spybrary]

Thanks for sharing that, we view many of our interviews as similar to bonus content on DVDs.

[@nicknewman7848]

This is great. I look forward to reading the book. Thank you for making me aware of this new biography.

[@DKH1103]

Excellent. I especially enjoyed the bit about the connections between Fleming and Le Carré (apparently shrugged off by the latter).

[@Spybrary]

Agreed, I will write something up about the JLC conversations for the Spybrary blog.

[@briandrake5464]

The possibility of Ian meeting Philby in Beirut always intrigues me. I like to think Fleming went to try and convince Philby to turn back. Of course we know what happened instead.

[@iakona23]

Max Hastings is a jerk. It doesn’t surprise me that he tries to minimize the accomplishments of Ian Fleming. He also is deeply anti-American.