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John Pearson (author)

English biographer and novelist (–)

For other people named John Pearson, see John Pearson (disambiguation).

John George Pearson (5 October – 13 November ) was an English novelist and an author of biographies, notably of Ian Fleming (the creator of James Bond), of the Sitwells, and of the Kray twins.

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    • Life and career

    Pearson was born in Epsom, Surrey. He was educated at King's College School, Wimbledon, and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he gained a double first in history.[1] He then worked for The Economist, BBC Television and The Sunday Times. He was Ian Fleming's assistant at the Sunday Times and went on to write the first biography of Fleming, The Life of Ian Fleming, published in

    Pearson was commissioned by Donald Campbell to chronicle his successful attempt on the Land Speed Record in in Bluebird CN7, resulting in the book Bluebird and the Dead Lake.

    Pearson had also written "true crime" biographies, such as The Profession of Violence, an account of the rise and fall of the Kray twins, who had hired him to write their biography in [2] Over the next several years the brothers, who by now were in jail, wrote frequently to Pearson. He wrote two further books about the Krays: The Cult of Violence: The Untold Story of the Krays and Notorious: The Immortal Legend of the Kray Twins.[3] In Pearson put up for auction more than previously unseen letters and photographs from the Kray twins.

    The items sold for £20,[4]

    Another of Pearson's books, The Gamblers, is an account of the group of gamblers who made up what was known as the Clermont Set, including John Aspinall, James Goldsmith and Lord Lucan. Warner Bros.

    Ian fleming biography john pearson obituary The Life of Ian Fleming () Through extensive research and examination of private papers, this book exposes the fact that although Fleming might have denied the connection, the Bond books were in fact autobiographical.

    purchased the film rights to the book in [5]The Gamblers was made into a two-part TV drama, Lucan, starring Rory Kinnear and Christopher Eccleston, broadcast on ITV1 in December

    Pearson's book Facades was the first full-scale biography of the Sitwell siblings Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell. It was published in

    Pearson had also written five novels.

    Storm Jameson praised his first novel, Gone to Timbuctoo, as "an unusually good first novel, an exciting story, and a splendid setting in French West Africa. The writing is sharp and witty."[6]Malcolm Muggeridge said, "This is an exceptionally brilliant first novel - exciting, wryly funny and perceptive."[6]

    For his next three novels, Pearson did tie-in fictional biographies.

    Pearson also became the third official author of the James Bond series, writing in James Bond: The Authorized Biography of , a first-person biography of the fictional secret agent James Bond.

    Ian fleming biography john pearson First published in , John Pearson's famous biography remains the definitive account of how only Ian Fleming could have dreamed up James Bond, for he led a life as colourful as anything in his fiction, which in turn became a covert autobiography.

    However, Pearson declined an offer to write further Bond novels.[7] Pearson then did fictional tie-in works about Upstairs, Downstairs (The Bellamys of Eaton Place) and Biggles.

    Pearson had three children from his first marriage.[1] In , he married his second wife, Lynette, daughter of Ian Hope Dundas of Dundas, 30th Chief of Clan Dundas, and former wife of Timothy Cecil Frankland.[8] Pearson died on 13 November , at the age of [9][10]

    Bibliography

    Novels

    Non-fiction

    Biographies
    • Bluebird and the Dead Lake () (published in the U.S.

      as The Last Hero: The Gallant Story of Donald Campbell and the Land Speed Record in )

    • The Life of Ian Fleming ()
    • The Kray Twins series:
      1. The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins () - nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award
      2. The Cult of Violence: The Untold Story of the Krays ()
      3. Notorious: The Immortal Legend of the Kray Twins ()
    • Facades: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell () (published in the U.S.

      as The Sitwells in )

    • Barbara Cartland: Crusader in Pink (), first published as by "Henry Cloud" but subsequently republished under his own name
    • Stags and Serpents: The Story of the House of Cavendish and the Dukes of Devonshire () (published in the U.S. as The Serpent and the Stag in )
    • The Ultimate Family: The Making of the Royal House of Windsor () (published in the U.S.

      as The Selling of the Royal Family: The Mystique of the British Monarchy)

    • Citadel of the Heart: Winston and the Churchill Dynasty () (published in the U.S. as The Private Lives of Winston Churchill)
    • Painfully Rich: the Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty ()
    • Blood Royal: The Story of the Spencers and the Royals ()
    • One of the Family: The Englishman and the Mafia ()
    • The Gamblers: John Aspinall, James Goldsmith and the Murder of Lord Lucan ()
    • Ian Fleming: The Notes ()
    History
    • Airline Detective: The Fight Against International Air Crime () co-written with BOAC Security expert Donald E.

      W. Fish although Pearson is uncredited[11]

    • Arena: The Story of the Colosseum ()
    • Edward the Rake () (published in the U.S. as Edward the Rake: An Unwholesome Biography of Edward VII)
    Politics
    • The Persuasion Industry (), with Graham Turner

    Adaptations

    • Goldeneye (), telefilm directed by Don Boyd, based on non-fiction book The Life of Ian Fleming
    • Lucan (), mini-series directed by Adrian Shergold, based on non-fiction book The Gamblers: John Aspinall, James Goldsmith and the Murder of Lord Lucan.

      Pearson himself appears as a character in the dramatisation; he is played by Paul Freeman.

    • Legend (), film directed by Brian Helgeland, based on non-fiction book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins
    • All the Money in the World (), film directed by Ridley Scott, based on non-fiction book Painfully Rich: the Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J.

      Paul Getty

    References

    1. ^ abHunt, George P. (7 October ). "Editor's Note: The Biography of Ian Fleming". Life.

      Ian fleming biography book The biography of the man who created James Bond, one of the world's most famous and popular fictional characters. Fleming remained an enigmatic figure who disclaimed comparisons with his creation, but John Pearson - with access to Fleming's private papers - draws many parallels between the two.

      Vol.&#;61, no.&#; p.&#;7.

    2. ^"Kray twins memorabilia sold at auction". 20 October &#; via
    3. ^Campbell, Duncan (3 September ). "The selling of the Krays: how two mediocre criminals created their own legend &#; Duncan Campbell" &#; via
    4. ^"Kray twin items sell for £20,".

      19 October &#; via

    5. ^Michael Fleming (5 October ). "'Departed' scribe digs WB: Studio inks overall deal with Monahan". Variety. Retrieved 5 January
    6. ^ abThe Publisher, Volume
    7. ^Reineke, Hank.

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      11. "a lot of criminals and very dodgy people". Magazine #49 ()

    11. ^Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, th edition, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, , vol. 1, p. , vol. 3, p.
    12. ^"In Memoriam: James Bond author John Pearson ()".

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      First published in , John Pearson's famous biography remains the definitive account of how only Ian Fleming could have dreamed up James Bond, for he led a life as colourful as anything in his fiction, which in turn became a covert autobiography.

      . 13 November

    13. ^Obituaries, Telegraph (15 November ). "John Pearson, author of a seminal study of the Kray twins and biographer of both Ian Fleming and – obituary". The Telegraph.
    14. ^Ian Fleming The Bibliography, p

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