6.324
7.1
7.68
7.447
7.332
6.126
6.27
7.435
6.234
6.3
7.731
6.097
5.572
8.507
8.5
Artikel: John Pearson (author) GudangMovies21 Rebahinxxi
- Source: John Pearson (author)
John George Pearson (5 October 1930 – 13 November 2021) 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.
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. 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 1966.
Pearson was commissioned by Donald Campbell to chronicle his successful attempt on the Land Speed Record in 1964 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 1967. 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. In 2010 Pearson put up for auction more than 160 previously unseen letters and photographs from the Kray twins. The items sold for £20,780.
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. purchased the film rights to the book in 2006. The Gamblers was made into a two-part TV drama, Lucan, starring Rory Kinnear and Christopher Eccleston, broadcast on ITV1 in December 2013.
Pearson's book Facades was the first full-scale biography of the Sitwell siblings Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell. It was published in 1978.
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." Malcolm Muggeridge said, "This is an exceptionally brilliant first novel - exciting, wryly funny and perceptive."
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 1973 James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007, a first-person biography of the fictional secret agent James Bond. However, Pearson declined an offer to write further Bond novels. 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. In 1980, 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. Pearson died on 13 November 2021, at the age of 91.
Bibliography
= Novels
=
Gone To Timbuctoo (1962) - winner of the Authors' Club First Novel Award
James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007 (1973)
The Bellamys of Eaton Place (1976) - published in the U.S. as The Bellamy Saga
Biggles: The Authorised Biography (1978)
The Kindness of Dr Avicenna (1982)
= Non-fiction
=
Biographies
Bluebird and the Dead Lake (1965) (published in the U.S. as The Last Hero: The Gallant Story of Donald Campbell and the Land Speed Record in 1966)
The Life of Ian Fleming (1966)
The Kray Twins series:
The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins (1972) - nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award
The Cult of Violence: The Untold Story of the Krays (2001)
Notorious: The Immortal Legend of the Kray Twins (2010)
Facades: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell (1978) (published in the U.S. as The Sitwells in 1979)
Barbara Cartland: Crusader in Pink (1979), 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 (1983) (published in the U.S. as The Serpent and the Stag in 1984)
The Ultimate Family: The Making of the Royal House of Windsor (1986) (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 (1991) (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 (1995)
Blood Royal: The Story of the Spencers and the Royals (1999)
One of the Family: The Englishman and the Mafia (2003)
The Gamblers: John Aspinall, James Goldsmith and the Murder of Lord Lucan (2005)
Ian Fleming: The Notes (2020)
History
Airline Detective: The Fight Against International Air Crime (1962) co-written with BOAC Security expert Donald E. W. Fish although Pearson is uncredited
Arena: The Story of the Colosseum (1973)
Edward the Rake (1975) (published in the U.S. as Edward the Rake: An Unwholesome Biography of Edward VII)
Politics
The Persuasion Industry (1965), with Graham Turner
Adaptations
Goldeneye (1989), telefilm directed by Don Boyd, based on non-fiction book The Life of Ian Fleming
Lucan (2013), 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 (2015), 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 (2017), 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
External links
Mystery File article about Pearson
John Pearson at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
john pearson authorjohn pearson author booksjohn pearson james bond the authorized biographySearch ResultsArtikel Terkait "john pearson author"
John George Pearson (5 October 1930 – 13 November 2021) 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.
John George Pearson was born in Epsom on October 5th, 1930. He was educated at King's College School in Wimbledon and went on to read history at Peterhouse, Cambridge, graduating with a double first. After university, he worked at The Economist Intelligence Unit, the BBC and the Sunday Times.
The website of John Pearson, author and biographer of the Kray Twins, Ian Fleming, and many more.
John's books can be found on Amazon, AbeBooks and other online retailers. Click on any book cover for more information as well as exclusive behind-the scenes stories.
John Pearson has 287 books on Goodreads with 6259 ratings. John Pearson’s most popular book is Deep Nature: Photographs from Iowa (Bur Oak Book).
John George Pearson (5 October 1930 – 13 November 2021) was an English novelist and author. He was born in Epsom, Surrey. He was known for writing the James Bond: The Authorized Biography of 007. He then worked for The Economist, BBC Television and The Sunday Times. Pearson died on 13 November 2021, at the age of 91. [1]
10 Jul 2021 · John Pearson is the acclaimed author of many biographies but to James Bond scholars, his landmark book, The Life of Ian Fleming, remains his most prolific. He also penned the continuation novel, James Bond: The Authorised Biography, published by Sidgwick & …
15 Nov 2021 · John Pearson, the writer, who has died aged 91, created the cult of the Kray twins, served as Ian Fleming’s assistant when he was Atticus on The Sunday Times and became his biographer as well...
John Pearson is a renowned author and journalist who books include The Profession of Violence, his famous biography of the Kray twins which won the Edgar Allan Poe Special Award, The Life of Ian Fleming, The Life of James Bond, The Sitwells and Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty and The Cult of ...
08 Sep 2015 · John Pearson is the author of several novels and biographies including ‘The Life of Ian Fleming’, ‘Stags and Serpents: The History of the Dukes of Devonshire’ and ‘The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins’, which awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Special Award by the Mystery Writers of America.
