On Her Majesty's Secret Service
by Ian Fleming
3.8
(55 ratings)337 pages1963HarperCollins PublishersISBN 9780063298958
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About this book
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the second book in what is known as the "Blofeld trilogy", which begins with Thunderball and concludes with You Only Live Twice. The story centres on Bond's ongoing search to find Ernst Stavro Blofeld after the Thunderball incident; through contact with the College of Arms in London Bond finds Blofeld based in Switzerland. After meeting him and discovering his latest plans, Bond attacks the centre where he is based, although Blofeld escapes in the confusion. Bond meets and falls in love with Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo during the story.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 337
- ISBN
- 9780063298958
- Language
- English
About Ian Fleming
A British author and journalist. IAN FLEMING, creator of the world's best-known secret agent, was consultant on foreign affairs to the *London Sunday Times*. In all, he wrote thirteen **James Bond** novels. The twelfth, *You Only Live Twice*, is published in hardcover by New American Library; the thirteenth, *The Man with the Golden Gun*, was published in the spring of 1965. Mr. Fleming died August 12, 1964, at the age of fifty-six.
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