This year marks the publication of British author Ian Fleming’s novel Casino Royale, the first in the James Bond series that went on to inspire the world-famous film franchise. And it was in his stunning Jamaican villa that Fleming put pen to paper and created one of the most iconic characters of our time.
Fleming bought the Caribbean property – that came with its own private beach – in 1946, naming it GoldenEye after a naval intelligence mission that he had worked on during the Second World War. Despite having no prior experience, the man behind Bond designed the house himself, opting for traditional Jamaican blinds rather than windows in order to maximise the breeze flowing through the house. His writing desk, nestled in the corner, remains on site. And if you’re after a holiday to remember, the so-called Fleming Villa is available to rent, as are various other properties on the GoldenEye plot, developed in the 1970s.
The author’s Jamaican idyll proved a fertile place to create: he would write all of his James Bond novels here. In May 1963 he wrote an article for the Books and Bookmen magazine, giving insight into what a normal day at the villa might look like: “I write for about three hours in the morning...and I do another hour’s work between 6 and 7 in the evening... I never correct anything and I never go back to see what I have written... By following my formula, you write 2,000 words a day”. And on the Fleming Villa’s website the author is quoted as having had said: “Would these books have been born if I had not been living in the gorgeous vacuum of a Jamaican holiday? I doubt it."
MORE:
-Actors who radically change their bodies for a role
-Jennifer Aniston at 54
Jamaica has long been a favourite shooting location for the James Bond films too – with some going so far as to call it 007’s 'spiritual home'. The beginning of the most recent Bond film, No Time to Die, starring Daniel Craig, was shot in Port Antonio on the northeast side of the island, and the remote Laughing Waters beach was the backdrop for Ursula Andress’s iconic beach scene in Dr No (1962). The island was also used as a filming location in Live and Let Die (1973).
To commemorate this year's literary milestone, there will be a relaunch of the original Fleming books by the Ian Fleming Publications company as paperbacks, eBooks, special editions and hardcovers, with publishers keen to reach and inspire a new generation of readers. A new logo to mark the occasion has been designed by Steven Aspinall.
Elige tu plan favorito para aprender inglés.
Sin reservas, Simplemente llama y habla
Duración de las clases: 25 min
Acceso incluido a la plataforma online ASTEX Languages
Webinars sin costo adicional
1 clase semanal
APÚNTATE POR 5,5€/ CLASE 22€ AL MES5 clases semanales
APÚNTATE POR 3,5€/ CLASE 70€ AL MES2 clases semanales
APÚNTATE POR 4,9€/ CLASE 39€ AL MESConoce más aquí
