John Pearson was a writer best associated with James Bond creator Ian Fleming. He was Fleming's assistant at the London Sunday Times and would go on to write the first biography of Ian Fleming, 1966's The Life of Ian Fleming. Pearson also wrote "true-crime" biographies, such as The Profession of Violence: an East End gang story about the rise and fall of the Kray twins.
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![Cover of: Citadel of the Heart : Winston and the Churchill Dynasty : Written by John Pearson, 1991 Edition, Publisher: Macmillan [Hardcover]](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/15113078-M.jpg "Cover of: Citadel of the Heart : Winston and the Churchill Dynasty : Written by John Pearson, 1991 Edition, Publisher: Macmillan [Hardcover]")
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Biography, History, Great britain, biography, Criminals, biography, Families, Family, Biographie, Crime, great britain, Fiction, Kings and rulers, Kray, reginald, 1933-2000, Organized crime, Authors, biography, Authors, english, Biographies, Churchill family, Churchill, winston, 1874-1965, Criminals, Criminals, great britain, English Authors, Gangsters, Great britain, history, Great britain, kings and rulers, Kray, ronald, 1933-1995, NobilityPeople
Ronald Kray (1933-1995), Churchill family, House of Windsor, Reginald Kray (1933-), Reginald Kray (1933-2000), Sitwell family, Winston Churchill Sir (1874-1965), Cavendish family, Charlie Kray, Donald Campbell (1921-), Donald Campbell (1921-1967), Dukes of Devonshire, Edith Sitwell Dame (1887-1964), Edith, Dame, 1887-1964 Sitwell, Edward VII King of Great Britain (1841-1910), Getty family, Ian Fleming (1908-1964), J. Paul Getty (1892-1976), James Bond (Fictitious character), Königin, II.) Elisabeth (Gro britannien, Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), Osbert, Sir, 1892-1969 Sitwell, Reginald Kray, Ronald Kray, Ronald Kray (1933-)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL449675A
- Amazon ID: B00GRZDN7O
- GoodReads: 16085129
- ISNI: 0000000114548745
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 1035821206
- IMDb: nm0669301
- Library of Congress Names: n79018161
- LibraryThing: pearsonjohn-1
- VIAF: 108977043
- Wikidata: Q2087995
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q2087995
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- John PEARSON
- john pearson
- John George Pearson
- Pearson, John
- Pearson, John, 1930-2021
- Pearson, John George
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