By Chris Hastings Letters between James Bond creator Ian Fleming and his friend Denis Hamilton have gone on sale for £160,000 As the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming was a master of dreaming up death-defying situations from which the super-spy only just manages to escape. But Fleming himself owed his life to the prompt actions of one of his closest friends who spotted he was having a major heart attack. In previously unseen letters, published for the first time today, Fleming also admitted his impending marriage would cause a ‘Fleet Street sensation’ – and reveals that he regards the genteel pastime of gardening as a ‘death trap’.
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Letters between James Bond creator Ian Fleming and his friend Denis ‘CD’  Hamilton are on sale for £160,000
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They reveal Fleming had a heart attack at a Sunday Times editorial meeting
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He also confided his plans to marry Ann Rothermere after her divorce
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Fleming predicted the news would cause a 'Fleet Street sensation'
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