James Fleming | |
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Born | London, England | February 26, 1944
Relatives | Peter Fleming (Father) Ian Fleming (Uncle) |
James R. Fleming (Born 26 February 1944, London), is an English author who is the son of travel writer Peter Fleming, nephew to spy author Ian Fleming.[1]
He lived for the last twenty years in the remote North of Scotland in order to concentrate on his writing.[citation needed] This is where his Charlie Doig Russian series gestated. Well respected in the nearest town to his estate he became an honorary "Wicker" and fully immersed himself in community life.[citation needed]
He has written two historical novels, the first in 2000 being The Temple of Optimism,[1] and then in 2003 Thomas Gage.[2] In 2006 Fleming wrote the first of three thrillers, Cold Blood,[3] White Blood and Rising Blood,[4] that feature the Scottish/Russian character "Charlie Doig".
His 2021 book, Bond behind the Iron Curtain, examines the Russian critique of Ian Fleming.[5][6]
Since 2018 Fleming has been the editor of The Book Collector.[7] In 2023 an issue was devoted to Printing and the Mind of Man in which Fleming reviews the correspondence of Percy Muir and John Carter, key organizers of the exhibit.[8]