History of ian fleming

By Peter Kros

Ian Fleming&#;s biography would certainly include creating the famous British spy James Bond, but the author also led a secret life of his own.

From first to last during World War II he gathered intelligence and hatched secret plots to bring down the Nazis.

Ian Fleming&#;s Early Years

Fleming was born on May 28, in London of a wealthy banking family. His father Valentine Fleming was a Scottish moneyman who had inherited a fortune from his own father Robert, the chairman of a firm that bore his name.

Ian’s mother was the stunning Evelyn St. Croix Rose, noted for her forthright and vociferous stands on many issues.

Ian had three brothers—Peter, Richard, and Michael. Peter and Ian were sent to a boarding school called Dumford in , one year after their father was appointed a major in the British Army where he saw action in France during World War I.

At Dumford, Ian began his lifelong interest in reading, especially