I had no idea that Ian Fleming had wrote non-fiction books, so when this came up as an Audible Plus read, I decided there was nothing to lose, as it could be returned and no credit wasted.
This is a collection of what Fleming called “mood pieces “ written for the Sunday Times of his travels firstly to the Far East and travelling in an eastern direction to New York, stopping off at the major cities, starting in Hong Kong, at the end of 1959. He then travels to cities in Europe in the spring of 1960, partially accompanied by his wife and meeting Noel Coward ( for those younger than 50, he was a renowned Actor), Charlie Chaplin and the mobster Charles “Lucky” Luciano.
Viewing this over 60 years after its publication in the Sunday Times, it is more a snapshot of the Golden Age of travel, when you had to have money to go abroad and the package holiday was years in the future. The recommendations at the end of each chapter reflect this, and reads like an episode of ‘Madmen’. Of course, some of the language is dated, but it was of its time and shouldn’t be omitted.
I was very pleasantly surprised with this audio book, I purchased the the paperback, which I was glad was in still print and selling well.
Tracy Thomas
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Thrilling Cities by Ian Fleming
I had no idea that Ian Fleming had wrote non-fiction books, so when this came up as an Audible Plus read, I decided there was nothing to lose, as it could be returned and no credit wasted.
This is a collection of what Fleming called “mood pieces “ written for the Sunday Times of his travels firstly to the Far East and travelling in an eastern direction to New York, stopping off at the major cities, starting in Hong Kong, at the end of 1959. He then travels to cities in Europe in the spring of 1960, partially accompanied by his wife and meeting Noel Coward ( for those younger than 50, he was a renowned Actor), Charlie Chaplin and the mobster Charles “Lucky” Luciano.
Viewing this over 60 years after its publication in the Sunday Times, it is more a snapshot of the Golden Age of travel, when you had to have money to go abroad and the package holiday was years in the future. The recommendations at the end of each chapter reflect this, and reads like an episode of ‘Madmen’. Of course, some of the language is dated, but it was of its time and shouldn’t be omitted.
I was very pleasantly surprised with this audio book, I purchased the the paperback, which I was glad was in still print and selling well.
My rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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