Amy Goodenough was a fictional British student. From a privileged background, she was the daughter of ex-Royal Navy admiral, Sir Cathal Goodenough, and sister of Mark Goodenough. The character served as an ally in Charlie Higson's 2006 Young Bond novel, Blood Fever, and made a final appearance in his 2009 concluding novel, By Royal Command.
Biography[]
Early life[]
In 1919[1], Amy Goodenough was born to Royal Navy admiral, Sir Cathal Goodenough, and his wife; the second of two children. Her mother died of scarlet fever in 1931.
Blood Fever[]
During the spring of 1933[1], several of the buildings at her school were destroyed by fire and it was forced to close early for the summer. Amy persuaded her father to let her join him on his annual spring cruise around the Greek islands, on condition that a personal tutor, Grace Wainwright, came with them. In late May,[1] the ship was boarded by pirates whilst moored in the Cyclades. Led by Zoltan the Magyar and aided by intelligence provided by one of Mark's Eton College masters, Peter Haight, the marauders stole a priceless bronze siren statuette created by Donato di Betto Bardi, Commonly known as Donatello. Sir Cathal tried to wrest her artefact from the Magyar and was shot during the attempt. In revenge, Amy plunged a diving knife into the pirate's left shoulder - a wound which would subsequently become infected. The raiders subsequently sunk the boat, took Amy and her tutor captive and slaughtered all the men.
Initially planning on ransoming her, Zoltan grew attached to the girl - seeing her as an opportunity for redemption. They criss-crossed the Mediterranean for weeks, before arriving at Sardinia to unload their loot. There, tensions flared between the Magyar and his business partner, Count Ugo Carnifex. Asserting his dominance, the bandit seized Amy from Zoltan with the aim of wedding her to solidify his aristocratic pretensions; callously murdering her tutor with a Thompson sub-machine gun. Amy was thrust into a prison cell, cutting her hair short to spite the Count. Her sole friend was a local boy who worked in the kitchens named Stefano. Feeling sorry for her, he led the young James Bond to her cell during a carnival at the Palazzo. Much later, Bond would return to rescue her from her prison as the feud between Zoltan and Carnifex ignited into open violence. They were unable to prevent the Magyar and his Samoan lieutenant, Tree-Trunk, from destroying Ugo's dam: killing Carnifex and destroying the complex.
James, Zoltan, Tree-Trunk and Amy departed on horseback. Wanting to "do something good", the Magyar relinquished his claim on Amy, gave the pair a pouch of gold and set them on a course toward the eastern coast. With no mode of transport they quickly succumbed to exhaustion on a wide, dry, stony plain. Suddenly, they were attacked by Peter Haight on horseback - dressed in the costume of a Su Compoidori and wielding a sword. Zoltan returned and, ultimately, both men were unhorsed and impaled on their respective weapons. James and Amy acquired a small boat and attempted to return the delirious, mortally-wounded pirate to his ship; but before they could he demanded they throw him overboard to drown. Despite Bond's protestations, Zoltan fell overboard - it is left ambiguous as to whether it was by his own hand or Amy's. After spending time together on a beach, they sailed onward to La Casa Polipo - the home of Bond's eccentric cousin, Victor Delacroix - and were met by Ugo's vengeful sister, Jana. The James and Amy leapt into the ocean and, in her haste to get a clearer aim, Jana slipped on the rocks; meeting her end in a bed of sea urchins. James then helped Amy out of the water. After thanking James, she realized she must have stopped on one of the urchins as well. James then assured her that he knew just what to do.
By Royal Command[]
In the interim, Bond and Amy had drifted apart after exchanging a couple of letters. Despite this, Amy would later tell him that she thought about him all the time. Now an orphan, she lived with her aunt and uncle; slowly recovering from the events of the summer. A year later, Amy attended Eton College's Fourth of June celebrations with her aunt, uncle and a distant cousin named Philip. There she unexpectedly met James and his aunt Charmian. Her comments about her cousin (combined with a science demonstration) led James to realize that there was a plot afoot to assassinate King George V in Eton's chapel. Having prevented the bombing by the Communist terrorist, Dandy O'Keefe, Bond was furnished with a cover story by the Secret Intelligence Service - informing Amy and his aunt that he had hurt himself fighting with another boy over her honour. They watched the Parade of Boats, some cricket and had tea on the lawn. At five o'clock they parted ways, but not before she kissed him and gripped his hands tightly.
Images[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 See Young Bond timeline.
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