Sources and reading notes
Primary literary references below identify chapters or scenes rather than page numbers, which vary by edition. Online transcriptions were used to locate and check descriptions; interpretive comparisons are this article’s critical judgements. Publisher profiles are supplementary: some cover later continuation fiction as well as Fleming, so their additional biographical details have not automatically been treated as original-novel facts. Sources checked 21 September 2026.
[1] Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (1953), chapters 2–5, 7–9. Primary text. Used for Bond’s mirror scene, the Carmichael comparison, Leiter, Moneypenny and Vesper.
[2] Ian Fleming, From Russia with Love (1957), chapters 1–2, 6–8. Primary text. Used for Bond’s dossier, Grant’s appearance and location, and Klebb’s appearance.
[3] EON, The films. Filmography and principal Bond casting.
[4] EON, Focus on Felix. Leiter casting and the screen shark attack.
[5] Ian Fleming, Live and Let Die (1954), chapters 2, 7 and 14. Primary text. Used for Mr Big, Solitaire’s introduction, M and Leiter’s injuries. The interrogation supplies no tarot reading.
[6] Ian Fleming, Thunderball (1961), Moneypenny’s early office conversation, the SPECTRE meeting, Largo’s introduction and Leiter’s arrival. Primary text.
[7] Ian Fleming Publications, Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Height, changing identities and shared birthday.
[8] EON, Spotlight on Blofeld. Casting, the concealed face, cat and later incarnations.
[9] Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955), chapter 4. Primary text. Drax’s appearance at Blades.
[10] EON, Moonraker and Focus of the week Hugo Drax. Lonsdale, settings and plot.
[11] Ian Fleming Publications, Sir Hugo Drax. Literary identity, rocket scheme and name source.
[12] Ian Fleming, The Man with the Golden Gun (1965), chapters 3 and 5–9. Primary text. Scaramanga’s dossier and Jamaican setting.
[13] Ian Fleming Publications, Francisco Scaramanga. Circus background, identifying detail and weapon.
[14] EON, The Man with the Golden Gun. Christopher Lee and the 1974 film.
[15] Ian Fleming Publications, Buonaparte Ignace Gallia. Measurements, name, criminal network and Baron Samedi association.
[16] EON, Live and Let Die. Kotto, Seymour, Kananga’s disguise and heroin plot.
[17] Miss Moneypenny, secondary casting reference. Used only for the sequence of performers.
[18] EON, Focus of the week Moneypenny. Harris’s Eve and her field role.
[19] Ian Fleming Publications, M. Name, naval rank and office; continuation-era details excluded from the portrait claims.
[20] M in the Bond series, casting reference; relevant EON film credits provide the primary cast records.
[21] Ian Fleming, “For Your Eyes Only” (1960), M’s briefing and Bond’s encounter with Judy. Primary text. Her licence explicitly gives twenty-five; her eyes are silver-grey.
[22] Ian Fleming, Goldfinger (1959), Goldfinger’s introduction, “The Odd-Job Man” and the torture sequence. Primary text. Appearance and hat demonstration.
[23] EON, Goldfinger. Fröbe, Michael Collins’s dubbing and film credits.
[24] Ian Fleming Publications, Auric Goldfinger. The architect and threatened litigation.
[25] EON, Thunderball. Celi, Largo and Disco Volante.
[26] EON, From Russia with Love. Lenya, Shaw and SPECTRE’s plot.
[27] Ian Fleming Publications, Colonel Rosa Klebb. SMERSH position and concealed weapons.
[28] Ian Fleming Publications, Dr Julius No. Literary body, pincers, backstory and Crab Key operation.
[29] EON, Dr No. Wiseman and the first EON film.
[30] Casino Royale adaptations and early casting. Secondary reference for the 1954 television adaptation and separate 1967 comedy.
[31] Emilio Largo. Secondary comparison of Celi’s screen appearance and Brandauer’s renamed counterpart.
[32] EON, Focus of the week Solitaire. The film’s tarot motif and Lovers card.
[33] EON, For Your Eyes Only. Bouquet, Melina, crossbow and adaptation background.
[34] EON, Focus of the week Vesper Lynd and Casino Royale. Green’s character and Treasury role.
[35] Ian Fleming Publications, Vesper Lynd. Station S and the origin of her first name.
[36] Le Chiffre. Secondary comparison of the novel’s dossier and the three screen portrayals; physical details checked against Casino Royale, chapter 2, source [1].
[37] Ian Fleming Publications, Le Chiffre. The adopted name and uncertain origin.
[38] EON, Focus of the week Goldfinger. Sakata’s sporting background and production history. Hat demonstration also compared with Goldfinger (1964).
