| Other noted experts
and lecturers that will guide participants into the world behind
James Bond include:; Andrew Lownie, founder of the Andrew Lownie
Literary Agency Ltd., and author of John Buchan: The Presbyterian
Cavalier, The Edinburgh Literary Companion, and currently
writing a biography of Guy Burgess; Kate Westbrook, author
of the Moneypenny Diaries; Simon Winder, publishing director
of Penguin UK and author of The Man Who Saved Britain: A Personal
Journey Into the Disturbing World of James Bond and My Name’s
Bond…An Anthology from the Fiction of Ian Fleming;
Henry Chancellor, author of James Bond: The Man and His World
– the Official Companion to Ian Fleming’s Creation
and Colditz: The Definitive History; Andrew Lycett, author
of the definitive biography of Ian Fleming and Dylan Thomas:
A Life; and David Cannadine, author of Churchill’s
Shadow: Confronting the Past in Modern Britain, The Decline and
Fall of the British Aristocracy, Class in Britain and History
in Our Time.
The adventure is rounded out with a gala dinner – including
the famous shaken martinis and a lesson on how to prepare them
– at One Whitehall Place.
“We are very excited to offer this unique program,”
says Birgitta Zissis, vice president of International programs.
“It is an opportunity to learn about Ian Fleming, the author
and the man, and to learn about the backdrop for the long-standing
popularity of the literary character of James Bond.”
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