abstract:On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 1 April 1963. The initial and secondary print runs sold out, with over 60,000 books sold in the first month.
While sitting there, I could not help remembering that Fermor had once sternly corrected Fleming for a tiny factual error in his novel OnHer Majesty's SecretService.
The novels still read thrillingly today (here's a tip: the best of them is "On Her Majesty's SecretService"), but there is no question that when the movies came along, they overshadowed Fleming's ink-on-paper volumes.