“James Bond” name first used for an Agatha Christie character.
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See:
https://www.thebondbulletin.com/trivia-agatha-christie-and-james-bond/
Quote:
"As previously mentioned in the story about “A Caribbean Mystery”, the name James Bond has not been used by Ian Fleming alone. Legendary british crime writer Agatha Christie had used the name prior to Flemings 007 novels, in her short story “The Rajah‘s Emerald” which was first published in edition 420 of "Red Magazine“ July 30th, 1926 – 27 years before the first Bond novel “Casino Royale” by Ian Fleming. While Christie's choice of the name James Bond remains pure coincidence, Ian Fleming “borrowed” the name for his fictional super spy from a real person – ornithologist James Bond who had penned “Birds of the West Indies”.
https://www.thebondbulletin.com/trivia-agatha-christie-and-james-bond/
Quote:
"As previously mentioned in the story about “A Caribbean Mystery”, the name James Bond has not been used by Ian Fleming alone. Legendary british crime writer Agatha Christie had used the name prior to Flemings 007 novels, in her short story “The Rajah‘s Emerald” which was first published in edition 420 of "Red Magazine“ July 30th, 1926 – 27 years before the first Bond novel “Casino Royale” by Ian Fleming. While Christie's choice of the name James Bond remains pure coincidence, Ian Fleming “borrowed” the name for his fictional super spy from a real person – ornithologist James Bond who had penned “Birds of the West Indies”.
Comments
I love a good Agatha Christie -{ especially a Miss Marple.
Love them as well. Joan Hicks is to Marple what Dalton is to Bond (in my not humble at all view
Particularly fond of Poirot myself. Superb production values and excellent performance. Really makes me long for an in period Bond. It could be done so well. Not instead of new stories in contemporary setting, but as well as.
Miss Marple , as she was my first ;% watching as a kid
Playing with my cars in front of the telly.
My favourite is the late Geraldine McEwan. That lady had
A " twinkle" in her eye -{
The stories are wonderful to read, so many intricate ways
To murder and covered in lots of false clues. -{
Yes, it would be a good idea to do a period Bond—either for TV or film. I wonder if any TV/film producer has ever considered this? I wonder what it would “look” like. It would probably appeal to more die-hard literary Bond fans than the general public, but it would still be interesting to see.
Used to sign his secret documents with a "Double O " intersected
With a 7 ?
Don’t you mean the Elizabethan John Dee?
“The First James Bond? John Dee Was the Original 007”:
https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/bid/274528/the-first-james-bond-john-dee-was-the-original-007
Bond’s Beretta
The Handguns of Ian Fleming's James Bond