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Nov 12, 2019 · Revealing letters sent from Ian Fleming to his socialite wife Ann (formerly Charteris) – in which the author discusses his creation of James Bond, gossips about fellow members of high...
Ann Geraldine Mary Fleming (née Charteris, 19 June 1913 – 12 July 1981) was a British aristocrat and socialite. She had three husbands: Lord O'Neill, Lord Rothermere and Ian Fleming. Life. Fleming was born to Frances Lucy Tennant (1887–1925) and Captain Guy Lawrence Charteris (1886–1967) in Westminster, London, on 19 June 1913.
Fleming was married to Anne Charteris. She had divorced her husband, the 2nd Viscount Rothermere, because of her affair with the author. Fleming and Charteris had a son, Caspar. Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker for most of his life and succumbed to heart disease in 1964 at the age of 56.
Sep 15, 2023 · We mark the exciting acquisition of a collection of letters between Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, and his wife Ann. Unlike Ann Fleming, who has had a whole volume of her correspondence published, Ian Fleming was not a habitual letter writer.
Nov 12, 2019 · Her first husband was Shane O'Neill, the third Baron O'Neill. After his death in action, in 1944, she married the newspaper magnate Esmond Harmsworth, the second Viscount Rothermere. During...
Nov 23, 2019 · In December, private letters written by Agent 007 creator Ian Fleming to his mistress-turned-wife Ann Charteris will go under the gavel. The contents of these letters disclose more than two decades’ worth of correspondence between Fleming and Charteris and they’re vital in learning more about how James Bond came to be.
Feb 13, 2014 · Charteris was a wealthy aristocrat whose troubled upbringing left a permanent scar on her behaviour, while Fleming, famous as the creator of James Bond, was a philanderer whose relationship with his wife was played out through extreme sadomasochism.
