Review: Great Stories!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2014
I really enjoyed these books: Operation Armada and Operation Parsifal. They are well written and extremely interesting. Stevenson has given us a concise and realistic insight into the life of Ian Fleming before he penned the famous 007 series of books.Stevenson captures the times beautifully. It’s the height of the Second World War and Fleming is embroiled in the daring and adventurous world of spies and counter espionage. We meet Fleming in London and we are quickly woven in his fast paced world. He has beautiful women flirting with him and a dalliance with married woman. It’s not hard to see where the basis for James Bond came from.Stevenson sets his scenes carefully with details such as “Ascot worthy hat” commenting on a lady’s head wear. With a red jaguar and crystal decanters, Stevenson depicts a lifelike tale of how Fleming spent the war years. It’s these types of details that create an intense sense of realism in these stories.I would highly recommend these books to anyone, no everyone – man or woman. Even if you’re not a James Bond fan you’ll enjoy these well-crafted stories anyway. I’ll certainly being going back to re-read them over again.