For any aspiring fans of Fleming's work, Griswold's book on the Literary 007 is pretty much essential reading for understanding (amazon.co.uk/Ian-Flemings-James-Bond-Chronologies/dp/1425931006). Fantastic read and with an insane level of scholarship bordering on OCD. Astoundingly, he manages what even authors like Sebastian Faulks failed - to more-or-less accurately reconstruct Fleming's attempted timeline. Again, I can't recommend it enough for folks into this stuff.