On Her Majestys Secret Service, Ian Fleming
On Her Majestys Secret Service, Ian Fleming
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service
A James Bond Novel

Author: Ian Fleming

Series: James Bond #11

Narrator: Daniel Weyman

Unabridged: 8 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/17/2024

Synopsis

BOND VS BLOFELDIn the aftermath of Operation Thunderball, Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s trail has gone cold―and so has 007’s love for his job. The only thing that can rekindle his passion is Contessa Teresa “Tracy” di Vicenzo, a troubled young woman who shares his taste for fast cars and danger. She’s the daughter of a powerful Corsican crime boss who thinks Bond's hand in marriage may be just the thing to settle his volatile daughter. But Bond's chances at marital bliss are interrupted by a call from MI6—they finally have a lead on Blofeld.After tracking the SPECTRE chief to a stronghold in the Swiss Alps, Bond uncovers the details of Blofeld’s latest plot: a biological warfare scheme more audacious than anything the fiend has tried before. It's up to Bond to save the world once again―and survive Blofeld’s last, very personal, act of vengeance.

About Ian Fleming

Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in London in 1908. His first job was at Reuters news agency, after which he worked briefly as a stockbroker before working in Naval Intelligence during World War Two. His first novel, Casino Royale, was published in 1953 and was an instant success. Fleming went on to write thirteen other Bond books as well as two works of nonfiction and the children’s classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Bond books have earned praise from figures such as Raymond Chandler, who called Fleming “the most forceful and driving writer of thrillers in England” and President Kennedy, who named From Russia with Love as one of his favorite books. The books inspired a hugely successful series of film adaptations that began in 1962 with the release of Dr. No. He was married to Ann O'Neill, with whom he had a son, Caspar. He died in 1964.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Greg on February 09, 2025

As a student volunteer at the Lilly Library at Indiana University, the staff gave me a tour of the library's rarest holdings, housed in a vault in the basement. In the vault are leather-bound, type-written pages of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. The staff told me that Fleming produced the books di......more

Goodreads review by Bill on September 08, 2021

Ian Fleming's 11th James Bond novel is an adventure with a capital A. There's drama, action, romance & even a little humour here & there. High up in the Swiss Alps SPECTRE leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld hatches another evil plot & it's down to secret agent 007 to defeat him. Once again Ian Fleming creat......more

Goodreads review by Carmen on April 28, 2015

All he remembered, before sleep took him, was that she had said when it was all over, "That was heaven, James. Will you please come back when you wake up. I must have it once more." Then she had turned over on her side away from him and, without answering his last endearments, had gone to sleep - bu......more

Goodreads review by F.R. on September 08, 2015

I guess if you write a number of books concerning the same character it’s almost inevitable that you’d get bored. Arthur Conan-Doyle did it, as did Agatha Christie – and here is Ian Fleming doing the same. ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ was a not overly successful attempt to fiddle around with the Bond form......more

Goodreads review by Julie on February 19, 2018

Because I recently listened to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Ian Fleming's only children's book) on audio, I decided to listen to some classic Fleming while I was at it. James Bond. I love love love this series! Years ago (how many I shall not admit to) I actually got in trouble for having this paperback......more

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