Ian Fleming

While some believed that author Ian Fleming must have lived a life as exciting and adventurous as his famed literary creation, James Bond, nothing could have been further from the truth. Though certain lines of fact and fiction were definitely blurred – both character and author were consummate womanizers, though the latter was far more sadomasochistic – Fleming was a far cry from the super agent secretly dispatched to take care of Britain’s more complicated Cold War problems. Even Fleming’s own involvement with an intelligence agency during World War II was nothing more than glorified desk