communism 147–9, 190
Connery, Sean 82, 271, 273–4, 274, 278, 316
Connolly, Cyril 11, 53, 142, 152
Conservative Party (UK) 7, 24, 77, 81, 107, 117, 128, 146, 209, 247, 284
Cooper, Diana 113, 255
Cornhill Magazine 175
Costa Rica 49
Courtleigh Manor Hotel, Kingston 275, 276
Cousins, Aubyn 67–8, 97, 162, 227
Cousins, Christie 17, 23
Cove Cinema, Ocho Rios 281
Coward, Noël 70–4, 76–81, 84, 85–7, 89–92, 97–8, 100, 108–9, 111, 112, 113, 140, 204, 212, 224
1948
rents Goldeneye 70–2
builds Blue Harbour 72–3
1949
visits Jamaica, goes rafting on the Rio Grande with Ian, Ann and Graham 76–78
stays at the Sunset Lodge with Ian, Ann and Graham 90
dines with Ian on Christmas Eve 95
1950
returns to Jamaica 95
1952
returns to Jamaica, dines with Ian and Ann 127
attends wedding of Ian and Ann 137–8
1953
holds parties at Blue Harbour 151
talks to John Pringle about Round Hill villas 172
1954
performs at Round Hill launch party 172
helps Ian find ‘perfect measurements’ for Gala Brand 181
1955
David Niven comes to Jamaica for a visit 98
reads Moonraker 186–7
1956
sells villa at Round Hill 173
build Firefly 200
meets Truman Capote at Firefly 200
meets Blanche Blackwell 202–3
thoughts on Suez Crisis 204
Anthony Eden visits Jamaica 214–18
writes Volcano 219–22
1961
nurses Ian at Goldeneye, tires of Jamaica 264–5
puts Blue Harbour on the market 266
offered the part of Dr No in Dr No 275
visits set of Dr No, meets Ursula Andress 280
1964
dispute with Jamaica customs officers, writes ‘Solali’ 308
1965
mourns Ian, hosts lunch for Queen Mother at Firefly 312
Works:
Brief Encounter 71
Home and Colonial 78, 80, 81
Island Fling 81
Nude with Violin 241
Pomp and Circumstance 78, 79, 80, 81, 90–1, 94–5, 108, 109, 219
Private Lives 221
Samolo stories 78, 79, 80, 81, 86–7, 90–1, 108, 219–22, 308
‘Solali’ 308
South Sea Bubble 81, 108
Volcano 206, 219–22, 254
Craighton Estate Great House 30
Crawford, Joan 84
Crickmere, Mary 168, 289
Cromarty (mansion), Jamaica 23, 146, 266
Cromwell, Oliver 33, 107, 229
Crosby, Bing 172
Crosland, Anthony 210
Cross, Odo 150, 151
Crowley, Aleister 155
Cuba 249–50, 260–2
Bay of Pigs Invasion 257, 262
missile crisis 257, 289
Cummings, Violet 41–2, 71–2, 116, 138, 150, 151, 161, 178, 179, 213–14, 215, 216, 223, 259–60, 299, 314, 316
Cundall, Frank
Historic Jamaica 225–6
Cuneo, Ernie 256
Cyprus 129, 234
D
D’Costa, Charles 151–2, 203, 285
D’Costa, Mildred 151, 203
D’Oyley, Edward 19
Dacosta, Ramsay 26, 36, 89
Daily Express 23, 107, 141, 211, 214, 238, 255, 273
Daily Mail 15, 80, 111
Daily Mirror 213
Daily Telegraph 141, 166
Davis, Bette 48
Day-Lewis, Cecil 113
Decoy (estate) 32
Desert Island Discs 12, 179
Devonshire, Duke and Duchess of 285
Diamond Smugglers, The 174, 183, 197
Diamonds are Forever 46, 61, 93, 99, 141, 157, 158–9, 167, 182–6, 188, 208, 238, 256
and Afrikaners 157
critical response 185
Felix Leiter 184
and Italians 157
plot summary 182–4
Queen Elizabeth 184, 186
Rufus B. Saye 185
Tiffany Chase 93, 167, 185
Tingaling 158–9
and the United States 99, 183–4
Disney, Walt 84
Doctor’s Cave Beach, Montego Bay 45
Domingo, Wilfred 55, 102
Donovan, William Joseph 122
Dorchester Hotel, London 14, 91, 312
Dr No 19–20, 25, 26, 42, 46, 94, 100, 105, 141, 157, 162, 187, 194, 204, 224, 225, 227–35, 236–7, 239–40, 256, 272
Blanche 224
and the Chinese 157, 228, 233
Crab Key 228, 229, 237
critical response 240
Dr No 228, 256, 272
Handbook of the British West Indies 225
Honeychile Rider 54, 204, 229–30
Mary Trueblood 232
Morris Cargill 187
Pleydell-Smith 232–3
plot summary 228–35
Quarrel 26, 42, 54, 68, 162, 229
Queen’s Club 25, 230–1
recovery 94
sales 289
Strangways 231–2, 234
tourism 81
and the United States 100
Dr No (film) 82, 83, 271–82, 274, 278, 281, 289, 293, 304, 320, 321
Drax Hall, Jamaica 179
Drummond, Bulldog 119, 132
Dulles, Allen 260, 261
Duncans, Jamaica 39
Dunn’s River Falls, Jamaica 278
Durgnat, Raymond 74
Durnford School, Dorset 9, 119
Duvalier, Francois 155
E
East Germany 257
Eddington, Nora 48
Eden, Anthony 57, 128, 140, 210, 211, 212–18, 214, 217, 224, 240, 318, 319
Eden, Clarissa 140, 213, 214, 216, 218, 224, 294, 303, 319
Edward VIII 23, 101
Edwards, Hugh 119–20, 302
All Night at Mr Staneyhursts 119–20
Sangoree 120
Egypt 106, 129, 210
Eisenhower, Dwight David 143, 211
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 312
Elizabeth II 5, 168–71, 171, 198, 287
Elkins, Cy 82
Empire Day 212
Empire Windrush 145–6
Enton Hall, Surrey 195, 208
Eon Productions 272, 273
Etoile restaurant, Soho 94
Eton College, Berkshire 9, 314
European Common Market 283
Evening Standard 79
‘Every Breath You Take’ 319
F
Faithful, Marianne 319
Falkner, John Meade
Moonfleet 119
Falmouth, Jamaica 38, 216
Farmers’ Party (Jamaica) 190
Federation of the West Indies 236, 282–3
Ferry Inn, Jamaica 273, 275
Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies 65, 128
Firefly, Look-Out Hill 200, 201, 202, 312
Fleming, Amaryllis Marie-Louise 63, 64
Fleming, Ann 62, 64, 66, 71, 95, 99, 112, 139, 158, 161, 200, 204, 253, 262, 266, 268, 303, 313, 313, 315
1933
birth of Raymond 14
1935
meets Ian at Le Touquet resort 13
1936
birth of Fionn 14
1944
carries out affair with Ian 13–15
husband Shane O’Neill killed in Italy 15
1945
marries Esmond Harmsworth 15
1947
continues affair with Ann, secret rendezvous in Dublin 38, 40, 44, 49, 50, 51, 61
1948
first visit to Jamaica with Ian 61–7
; returns to England 67, 68, 69
discovers that she is pregnant with Ian’s child 70
trip to Scotland with Esmond, Fionn and Raymond 74
birth and death of Mary 75
1949
returns to Jamaica with Ian 76–7
goes rafting on the Rio Grande with Ian, Noël and Graham 77
stays at the Sunset Lodge with Ian, Noël and Graham 90
receives orders from Esmond to desist from affair with Ian 92
stays with Ian in St Margaret’s Bay ‘love nest’ 92
1950
returns to Jamaica for a visit 97–8
leaves after furious row 98
continues affair with Ian 110
1951
returns to Jamaica for a visit 111–13
Ivar Bryce’s yacht wrecked on reef 112–13
1952
agrees to divorce with Esmond, becomes pregnant again 124
plans to marry Ian 124–5
arrives in Jamaica with Ian for wedding 125
trip with Ian to spa hotel on Milk River 126–7, 128
divorce from Esmond finalised 127
marries Ian 137–8
returns to England 139
birth of Caspar 139–40
1953
heads back to Jamaica via Florida with Ian 142, 149–50
parents and Lucien Freud come to Jamaica for visit 151–3
visits Graham Greene at the Tower Isle Hotel 152
returns to England, moves into house in Victoria Square 167–8
relationship with Ian deteriorates 167–8
visits Caspar in St Margaret’s Bay 168
1954
returns to Jamaica with Ian 171
Peter Quennell comes to visit 175–9
helps Ian find ‘perfect measurements’ for Gala Brand 181
marriage troubles with Ian, embarrassed by James bond novels 186
summer holiday in Greece with the Leigh Fermors 187
1955
returns to Jamaica, reluctant to leave England 187
goes rafting on the Rio Grande with Peter Quennell and Evelyn Waugh 188–9
1956
checks into Enton Hall health farm, Ian leaves for Jamaica 195
correspondence with Ian, relationship rekindled 199
Ian returns to England and checks into Enton Hall 208
starts having affair with Hugh Gaitskell 209–10
1957
renews her marriage vows, continues affair with Hugh Gaitskell 222
returns to Jamaica with Caspar 222
attacked by moray eel 223
irked by Blanche Blackwell, returns to England 224
invites Blanche to lunch at Victoria Square 240–1
relationship with Ian deteriorates 241
1958
Ian returns to Jamaica 241
checks into Enton Hall health farm 242
1959
visits Ian in Jamaica, irked by Ian’s affection for Blanche 252
returns to England, receives letter from Peter Quennell 252–3
1960
visits Goldeneye with Caspar, Mona and Hugh Gaitskell 253–6
rips out Blanche’s plants at Goldeneye and throws them off the cliff 254
goes rafting on the Rio Grande with Hugh Gaitskell 255
hounded by the press over affair with Hugh Gaitskell 255
returns to England 255–6
1961
returns to Jamaica, Ian suffers with bronchitis 264
plans to buy house in Sevenhampton, urges Ian to sell Goldeneye 265
1962
visits Dr No set at Laughing Waters beach 280
returns to England from Jamaica, upset over Ian’s relationship with Blanche 271
refurbishes house in Sevenhampton, embarrassed by Bond novels 268
entertains Duke and Duchess of Devonshire in London 285
has severe row with Ian 290–1
attends private screening of Dr No 289
Ian continues affair with Blanche 294
Hugo becomes ill, death of Mary Rose 294
Hugh Gaitskell hospitalised 294
1963
death of Hugh Gaitskell 294
attends wedding of Raymond and Georgina Douglas-Scott 313
1964
visits Ian in Jamaica 302–6
bored by guests at Goldeneye, attends beach barbeque at Frenchman’s Cove hotel 305–6
returns to England, Ian’s illness worsens 306, 307
Fionn and John have first child 307
death of Ian 307, 313
disillusioned with post-independence Jamaica 307–8
1973
Caspar attempts to commit suicide at Goldeneye 314–15 1975
suicide of Caspar 315
1981
death 315–16
Fleming, Caspar 139–40, 139,168, 187, 195, 222, 223, 253–4, 273, 289, 290, 291, 307, 313–15
Fleming, Eve 8, 8, 11, 63, 122, 306–7
Fleming, Ian 8, 13, 37, 39, 43, 66, 78, 85, 96, 112, 139, 161, 176, 178, 202, 205, 207, 225, 253, 269, 274, 281, 298, 303, 313
1908–33
birth 7
father (Valentine Fleming) elected as MP for Henley 7
father volunteers for service with Oxfordshire Hussars 9
meets Ivar Bryce at Bude beach, Cornwall 10
studies at Durnford School 9, 119
death of father at Guillemont Farm, Picardy 9
begins studies at Eton 9
loses virginity in Royalty Kinema, Windsor 10
visits British Empire Exhibition, Wembley 10
leaves Eton a term early 10
studies for Sandhurst Military Academy examination 11
contracts gonorrhea from a prostitute 11
leaves Sandhurst Military Academy 11
spends a year in the Austrian Tyrol 11
studies for Foreign Office entrance examination in Munich and Geneva 11
works at Reuters, visits Moscow and Berlin 11
1933–1942
death of grandfather (Robert Fleming) 11
works in a merchant bank in the City of London 11–12
Peter Fleming publishes Brazilian Adventure 12
series of affairs with women 12
meets Ann at Le Touquet resort 13
works as personal assistant to Admiral Sir John Godfrey 12
1943
first visit to Jamaica with Ivar Bryce 1, 15
stays in Bellevue Great House 1–4
1944
death of Muriel Wright 13
carries out affair with Ann 13–15
1946
plans to build a house in Jamaica 16
buys land in St Mary 17
arrives in Jamaica 19–20
begins building Goldeneye 20–2
stays with William Stephenson in Hillowtown 22–3
carries out affair with Millicent Huddleston Rogers 50
meets Lord Beaverbrook 23
meets Molly Huggins 51
completion of Goldeneye 37
visits cardiac specialist after experiencing ‘constricting pain in the heart’ 93
1947
begins working for the Sunday Times 36
returns to Jamaica to live in Goldeneye 37
drinks Vespers with ‘The Colonel’ in Duncans 39
dives around reef near Goldeneye 40
hires Violet Cummings as housekeeper 41
returns to England, writes for piece for Horizon magazine 53, 54–5, 59–60, 69, 79, 105, 118, 120, 155, 310
continues affair with Ann, secret rendezvous in Dublin 61
1948
Ann’s first stay at Goldeneye 61–7
goes shark hunting with Aubyn Cousins 67–8
writes short article for the Gleaner 70
returns to England, finds that Ann is pregnant 70
Noël Coward rents Goldeneye 70–2
birth and death of Mary 75
receives dressing down from Lor
d Kemsley 77
1949
returns to Jamaica with Ann 76–7
goes rafting on the Rio Grande with Ann, Noël and Graham 77
stays at the Sunset Lodge with Ann, Noël and Graham 90
returns to England, Ann receives orders to desist from affair 92
stays with Ann in St Margaret’s Bay ‘love nest’ 92
suffers with painful kidney stones, heart pain returns 94
buys naturalist’s notebook 96
returns to Jamaica to recover 93
spots two barracudas, christens them Bicester and Beaufort 96
dines with Noël on Christmas Eve 95
shoots Beaufort with spear gun 97
1950
Ann returns to Jamaica for a visit 97–8
Ann leaves after furious row 98
continues affair with Ann 110
1951
Ann returns to Jamaica for a visit 111
Ivar Bryce’s yacht wrecked on reef 112–13
1952
Ann and Esmond agree to a divorce, Ann becomes pregnant again 124
plans to marry Ann 124–5
arrives in Jamaica with Ann for wedding 125
trip with Ann to spa hotel on Milk River 126–7
Ann’s divorce finalised 127
begins writing Casino Royale 128, 130
marries Ann 137–8
Casino Royale accepted for publication 139
birth of Caspar 139–40
publication of Casino Royale 140–2
1953
heads back to Jamaica via Florida with Ann 142, 149–50
begins writing Live and Let Die 149
witnesses a voodoo funeral 151
Ann’s parents and Lucien Freud come to Jamaica to visit 151–3
visits Graham Greene at the Tower Isle Hotel 152
returns to England, moves into house in Victoria Square with Ann 167–8 < relationship with Ann deteriorates 167–8
visits Caspar in St Margaret’s Bay 168
1954
returns to Jamaica with Ann 171
Peter Quennell visits 175–9
begins writing Moonraker 177, 179
writes about Jamaican tourist boom in Sunday Times column 173
publication of Live and Let Die 165
sends copy of Live and Let Die to Winston Churchill 166
marriage troubles, Ann embarrassed by James Bond novels 186
summer holiday with the Bryces in Vermont, Ann goes to Greece 187
Casino Royale broadcast on CBS 226
1955
returns to Jamaica with Ann, Ann reluctant to leave England 187
begins writing Diamonds are Forever 184–5, 188
Peter Quennell and Evelyn Waugh come to visit 188
publication of Moonraker 185
sells Casino Royale film rights, buys Ford Thunderbird 226
1956
returns to Jamaica, Ann checks into Enton Hall health farm 195
begins writing From Russia, with Love 195, 199
correspondence with Ann, relationship rekindled 199
builds mini-rock pool at Goldeneye for Caspar 199
Truman Capote comes to stay at Goldeneye 199–200
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