Ian Fleming John Le-Carré William Boyd Britain county Love Russia city Chelsea Ian Fleming John Le-Carré William Boyd Britain county Love Russia city Chelsea

James Bond's real-life London home identified 70 years after his creation

Reading now: 526
www.mirror.co.uk

James Bond’s London home has been identified nearly 70 years after Ian Fleming wrote the books which earned 007 worldwide fame.

The spy’s luxury bolthole was pinpointed by writer William Boyd, 68, who painstakingly researched the novels. Having pieced together clues from books including Moonraker, From Russia with Love and Thunderball, he believes Bond lived at 25 Wellington Square in Chelsea, West London.

The address is a stone’s throw from 9 Bywater Street where John le Carre placed George Smiley – Britain’s other great spy ­character of the 20th Century.

In the forthcoming edition of the Times Literary Supplement, Mr Boyd – who wrote the sequel novel Solo – claims Fleming refers to Bond’s home as a “comfortable flat in a Plane-tree’d

Read more on mirror.co.uk
The website celebsbar.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA