Read Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica Online
Authors: Matthew Parker
‘Quantum of Solace’ 46, 141, 249–50, 251–2
‘Risico’ 117
Spy Who Loved Me, The 9,
10, 46, 141, 266–8
Thrilling Cities
11, 12–13, 42, 99, 249, 251, 257, 305
Thunderball
46, 97, 208, 238, 256–9, 263–4, 272, 305
You Only Live Twice
12, 25–6, 94, 115, 157, 294–7, 306
Fleming, Mary 75, 77
Fleming, Michael
8,
12
Fleming, Peter
8, 9,
10, 12, 71, 139, 140
Brazilian Adventure
12
Fleming, Richard
8
Fleming, Robert 7, 11
Fleming, Valentine 7, 9
Fletcher, Rachel 314
Flynn, Errol 47–9,
47,
50, 77, 84, 98, 117, 150, 243
Boston Estate 150
Captain Blood
117
My Wicked, Wicked Ways
47
Titchfield Hotel 150
Flynn, Patrice 50, 150
Flynn, Pearl 42, 170, 191–2, 287, 320
Foot, Dingle 107
Foot, Hugh 60, 107–9,
108,
143M, 146–9, 151, 169, 189, 207, 216,
217,
233, 234,
235,
246
Foot, Isaac 107
Foot, John 107
Foot, Michael 107, 146, 211
Foot, Paul 107, 206
Foot, Sylvia 107, 151, 215
‘For Your Eyes Only’ 53, 73, 84–5, 250–1
Blue Harbour hotel 73
Havelock 122, 250–1
and Hollywood 84–5
Judy 251
and the United States 250–1
Von Hammerstein 53, 250–1
Forbes, Alastair 167
Ford Thunderbird 226
Ford, Harrison 319
Foreign Office 11, 57, 213
Fort Charles, Kingston
114,
115
Fox-Strangways, John 37, 42
Fox, James 273
France 210, 211
Le Touquet 13
Paris 49, 172
Picardy 9
Frenchman’s Cove Hotel, Jamaica 305–6
Freud, Lucian 151, 152, 167, 210
From Russia, with Love
21, 50, 94, 99, 117, 195–8, 204, 208–9, 238–9,
239,
260, 262
cover 238
critical response 239
Grant’s villa 21
Kerim 117, 198, 209
pirates 117
plot summary 195–6, 198
Rosa Klebb 209
Tatiana 50, 204
and the United States 99
From Russia, with Love
(film) 289, 297
Frome, Westmoreland 31, 56
Frontier estate, Port Maria 32
Fu Manchu 119, 228
Fuller, Rose 24
G
Gable, Clark 172
Gaitskell, Dora 294
Gaitskell, Hugh 209–10, 211, 222, 253, 255, 284, 290, 294
Galatea
115
Gallico, Paul 141
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand 74
Geneva, Switzerland 11
George V Hotel, Paris 172
George VI 170
George, Duke of Kent 50
George, Harry 215
Germany 11, 257
Ghana 183, 236;
see also
Gold Coast
Gibraltar 22
Gielgud, John 254
Glass Bucket, Kingston 102, 276
Gleaner
26, 29, 35, 41, 45, 54, 57, 62, 70, 76, 82, 86, 89, 125, 131, 137, 143,
144,
146, 160, 173, 174, 187, 215, 249,
258,
275–6, 281, 284, 285, 293, 304, 307
Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland 74
Glory Be House, Jamaica 21, 82, 94, 317
Goat Island, Jamaica 101
Godfrey, John 12, 40
Goering, Hermann 1
Gold Coast 106, 129, 183
; see also
Ghana
Goldeneye (estate) 5–6,
18, 20,
27,
39,
46, 63–72,
69,
91, 96,
126,
127, 150,
116, 178,
195,
205,
208, 223–4, 252–5,
253,
270, 277, 290, 304,
316,
317–19,
318, 319
design of 21–2
mini-rock pool 199
naming of 22
reef 40, 68, 96, 205–6, 222, 223
staff 41–2
windows 20, 37, 66, 69
1946
acquisition of land and building of 17, 20–2, 31, 33, 35,
completion of 37–8
1947
Violet Cummings hired 41–2
1948
Ann’s first stay 61–7
Patrick Leigh Fermor stays 69
rented by Noël Coward 70–2
1952
Ann plants Lilies in Garden 126
Ian writes Casino Royale 129–30
1953
Ann’s parents visit with Lucien Freud 151, 153
1954
Peter Quennell stays 175–9
1955
Peter Quennell and Evelyn Waugh stay 188
1956
Ian builds mini-rock pool, Truman Capote stays 199–200
Ian, Blanche and Barrington Roper dive around reef 205–6
Anthony Eden stays 212–18
1961
Ann urges Ian to sell up 265
1964
ornithologist James Bond visits 305
1972
Roger Moore visits
316,
317
1973
Caspar stays, attempts to commit suicide 314–15
put on market 317
1976
Bob Marley considers purchasing 317
bought buy Chris Blackwell 317
1989
developed into high-end resort 318
GoldenEye
(film) 319
Goldfinger
46, 95, 114, 158, 243–4, 300
critical response 243–4
Goldfinger 158, 243
M’ 114
plot summary 243–4
Goldfinger
(film) 289, 320
Graham, James, 6th Duke of Montrose 23
Graham, Ronald 23
Grange-Walker, Olivia 41
Grant, Cary 273
Grant, William
58
Great Houses 54
Bellevue 1, 2–4,
3,
63, 70, 76, 156, 298
Craighton Estate 30
Prospect 24, 54, 137, 144–5
Rose Hall 32, 316
Green Grotto Caves, Montego Bay 316
Greene, Graham 152, 259–60
Grey, Francis
313
Grey, Mary Rose 142, 241, 294
Guinness, Alec 86, 95,
265
Guyana 148, 246, 284
H
Haggard, Rider 119
HalfWay Tree, Jamaica 2
Hamilton, Dennis 268
Handbook of the British West Indies
225
Happy Valley, Kenya 85
Harder They Come, The
121, 306
Harlem, New York 55, 157, 158
Harling, Robert 9, 95, 177
Harmsworth, Esmond, Viscount Rothermere 15, 74, 75, 77, 92, 110, 124, 224, 241
Harrow School 30, 207
Hart, Richard 149
Hartford, George Huntingdon 111
Hartford, Marie-Josephine 111
Hearne, John 193
Hendry, Gloria 316
Henry, Arthur 149
Hepburn, Audrey 86
Hepburn, Katharine 82, 150, 221
Hibbert Estate, St Mary 44
Hibbert family 32
High Wind in Jamaica, A
33
‘Hildebrand Rarity, The’ 248–9
Hill, Frank 149
Hill, Kenneth 148, 149
Hillowtown, Montego Bay 22, 23, 67
Historic Jamaica
225
History Today
175
Hitchcock, Alfred 172
Hog Island 1
Holland & Holland (gunsmiths) 122
Holmes, gardener 42, 63, 64
Home and Colonial
78, 80, 81
homosexuality 86–7, 200, 203, 264
Hong Kong 81
Horizon
53, 54–5, 59–60, 69, 79, 105, 118, 120, 155, 310, 311
‘How to Write a Thriller’ 110
Huggins, Diana 90
Huggins, John 27, 51, 58, 60, 63, 70, 106–7
Huggins, Molly 27–30,
29,
44, 51–3,
52,
59, 60,
62,
63, 67, 70, 80, 105, 106–7, 156, 251
Hughes, Richard
A High Wind in Jamaica
33
I
Ian Fleming International Airport 319
Ian Fleming Introduces Jamaica
160, 309, 310
Imperial portable typewriter 128
imperialism 5–6, 24, 25–7
India 26, 74, 81, 98, 106
Internal Diamond Security Organisation 235
International Monetary Fund 211
Interpol 198
Iran 106, 129
Ireland 165
Island Fling
81
Island Records 273, 289, 304, 318
Issa, Abe 84, 173
Istanbul, Turkey 198, 297
J
J. Wray and Nephew 49
Jackson, Rhoda 79
Jacobs, Lenworth 216
Jamaica 17–19,
18,
26–35, 42–8, 53–60, 77–90, 99–100, 113–23, 143–9, 160–5, 168–71, 189–94, 212–18, 225–6, 244–7, 282–9, 307–11
1494 sighted by Columbus 17
1655 English invasion 19, 113
1658 Battle of Rio Nuevo 19
1760 Tacky’s Rebellion 121
1782 Battle of the Saints 115
1907 earthquake 28
1935 strikes 56
1938 unrest 58
1944 general election 58
1947 Montego Bay conference 246
1953 Queen Elizabeth II visits 168–71
1953 Winston Churchill visits 143–9
1955 Princess Margaret visits 193–4
1956 Anthony Eden visits 212–18,
214,
224
1961 referendum on federation 283
1962 independence 283–9,
286
banana industry 33–5, 56, 202
bauxite deposits 104, 153, 191, 319
Blue Mountains 126, 201,
202
British conquest 19, 32, 113
Chinese community 147
Clarendon 30, 31, 101
communism 147, 190
crime 121–2
Cromarty (mansion) 23
Dunn’s River Falls 278
emigration to Britain 145–6, 191
Executive Council 59, 146, 193
Farmers’ Party 190
Goat Island 101
Gold Coast 125
Green Gold Era 34
Half Way Tree 2
homosexuality 86–7, 203
hot springs 54
House of Representatives 58, 106,
108,
146, 193
imperialism 26–7, 56–7, 59, 77–81
independence 244–7, 266, 283–9, 307–11
Jamaica Democratic Party 84
Jamaica Progressive League 55, 102
Jamaica Tourist Board 173
Jamaican Federation ofWomen 29, 52, 59
Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) 58, 106, 190, 283
Johnson Town 316
Kingston
see
Kingston section
Laughing Waters beach 278,
278,
279, 280, 281
Lime Key 121
Look-Out Hill 151, 200
Milk River 127
Montego Bay 22, 23, 42–4, 45, 67, 82, 87, 90, 125, 143,
147,
150, 170, 171–3, 199, 265–6, 316
National Labour Party 190
nationalism 56, 193
Negril 38, 163,
164,
200–1, 300
Ocho Rios 23, 24, 82–4, 137, 152, 191, 204, 277, 278, 281, 316, 317
Old Harbour Bay 101
Oracabessa 17, 22, 34–5,
34,
38, 39, 49, 56, 71, 72, 89, 216, 286, 316
Palisadoes Airport 45, 125, 275
People’s National Party (PNP) 56, 58, 59, 106, 148–9, 190, 245, 319–20
plantations 2,
3,
24, 28, 32, 34–5, 56,
120
-1
politics 55–60, 106, 148–9, 190–4, 244–7, 266, 282–9, 319–20
Port Antonio 44, 48, 77, 125, 150, 188
Port Maria 18–19, 31–2,
85,
121, 137, 192
Port Royal 113–14,
114
, 115–17, 230
Portland 44
poverty 55, 319
prostitution 87
Rio Grande 77,
78,
188, 255
Rio Nuevo 19
Roaring River 23
Sabina Park
171
segregation 88–9, 103, 191–3, 320
slavery 18, 32, 49, 117, 120-
1, 225
Spanish rule 18-
19
Spanish Town 145
St Ann’s Bay 23, 44
St Catherine 32
St Mary 17, 18, 32, 35, 44, 119, 278
sugar industry 30–3, 56, 191
Tainos 18, 117
tourism 44–8, 81–90, 171–4, 189, 191, 265–6, 304–5, 319
unemployment 56
Up Park Camp 284
US naval bases 101–2
Vernamŕield 101
Wentworth 202
West Indies Federation 191, 194, 245–7
Westmoreland 30, 31, 56
White River 278
Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation 191
Jamaica Democratic Party 84
Jamaica Inn, Ocho Rios 82–3,
83
Jamaica Institute 243
Jamaica Progressive League 55, 102
Jamaica Times
247
Jamaica Tourist Board 173
Jamaican Federation of Women 29, 52, 59
Jamaican Film Unit 145
Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) 58, 106, 190, 283
James Bond
Casino Royale
13, 19, 117, 119, 124, 128, 130–7, 140–2,
140,
196, 208, 260
Casino Royale
(CBS television show) 226
cocktails 134
and detachment 130, 133
Diamonds are Forever
46, 61, 93, 99, 141, 157, 158–9, 167, 182–6, 188, 208, 238, 256
Dr No
19–20, 25, 26, 42, 46, 54, 81, 94, 100, 105, 141, 157, 187, 194, 204, 224, 225, 227–35, 236–7, 239–40, 256, 272
Dr No
(film) 82, 83, 271–82,
274, 278,
281,
289, 293, 304, 320, 321
and escapism 45–6
Felix Leiter 99, 135–6, 158, 165, 184, 226, 230, 257
‘For Your Eyes Only’ 53, 73, 84–5, 122
From Russia, with Love
21, 50, 94, 99, 117, 195–8, 204, 208–9, 238–9,
239,
260, 262
From Russia, with Love
(film) 289, 297
GoldenEye
(film) 319
Goldfinger
46, 95, 114, 158, 243–1, 300
Goldfinger
(film) 289, 320
‘Hildebrand Rarity, The’ 248–9
and imperialism 6, 74
Live and Let Die
1, 46, 53, 54, 68, 70, 94, 100, 115, 117, 149, 150, 151, 153–66, 186, 187, 208
Live and Let Die
(film) 82, 157, 316–17
Man with the Golden Gun, The
36, 41, 46, 53, 94, 138, 187, 197, 261, 299–302, 304, 308–10
Moonraker
45, 53, 65–6, 115, 157, 158, 173, 175, 179–82, 185, 186–7, 208, 224, 257
‘Octopussy’ 25, 291–3
Olympic Games opening ceremony appearance 5, 322
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
114, 117, 132, 173, 269–71, 280, 293
Pan paperbacks 140, 239