Jamaica

The Man With The Golden Gun: sunset in Jamaica

January 14th, 2011

In the last of our series of articles about Jamaica we take a look at what happened to 007 when sent after Francisco “Pistols” Scaramanga. For more about James Bond’s experiences on the island also see Live And Let Die: The Jamaica Version and Doctor No: a ‘holiday’ in Jamaica. James Bond’s return to Jamaica [...]

The Man With The Golden Gun: sunset in Jamaica

Doctor No: a ‘holiday’ in Jamaica

December 5th, 2010

In this article we continue our look at Jamaica, where every winter Ian Fleming sat down to write his next James Bond adventure. In Live And Let Die: The Jamaica Version we followed 007 on a road trip across the island. This time we take a look at what happened when he returned a few [...]

Doctor No: a ‘holiday’ in Jamaica

Live And Let Die: The Jamaica Version

October 26th, 2010

Following on from our look at Jamaica, the Caribbean island where Ian Fleming owned a house and wrote all the James Bond adventures, we take a look at the road trip taken by 007 on the trail of Mr Big in Live And Let Die. Please upgrade your browser When Ian Fleming wrote Live And [...]

Live And Let Die: The Jamaica Version

Jamaica, the birthplace of James Bond

September 30th, 2010

Jamaica is probably the country that should be associated with 007; it is at his house there named Goldeneye that Ian Fleming wrote all the James Bond stories.

Jamaica, the birthplace of James Bond

Ian Fleming: introduction to Jamaica

August 1st, 2008

Although Operation Ruthless never came to fruition, Ian Fleming continued to play a central role in Naval Intelligence throughout the remainder of the war, and his travels took him to various places including New York, Quebec, Tangier and Jamaica while undertaking various projects. One of these was Operation Goldeneye, a plan to ensure that Britain [...]

Ian Fleming: introduction to Jamaica