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This '''Young Bond timeline''' is a comprehensive list of important dates in the history of the ''[[Young Bond]]'' series of novels penned by [[Charlie Higson]] and [[Steve Cole]].
  
This '''Young Bond timeline''' is a comprehensive list of important dates in the history of the ''[[Young Bond]]'' series of novels penned by [[Charlie Higson]] and [[Steve Cole]].
   
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*1900 - Italian secret society, the [[Millenaria]], launch their campaign to rebuild the Roman Empire.<ref name="BloodFever3">{{cite book |last= Higson|first= Charlie|authorlink= Charlie Higson|title= Blood Fever|origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |series= Young Bond|date= 5 January 2006|year= 2006|month= January|publisher= Puffin Books|location= London|language= En-UK|isbn= 0141318600|pages= |chapter= Chapter 7: Terror Firma |quote= }}</ref>
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*1914 - The First World War begins.
   
 
*1917 - [[Sir Cathal Goodenough]] is made an admiral in the [[Royal Navy]].<ref name="BloodFever1">{{cite book |last= Higson|first= Charlie|authorlink= Charlie Higson|title= Blood Fever|origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |series= Young Bond|date= 5 January 2006|year= 2006|month= January|publisher= Puffin Books|location= London|language= En-UK|isbn= 0141318600|pages= |chapter= Prologue: The Magyar |quote= }}</ref>
  
*1917 - [[Sir Cathal Goodenough]] is made an admiral in the [[Royal Navy]].<ref name="BloodFever1">{{cite book |last= Higson|first= Charlie|authorlink= Charlie Higson|title= Blood Fever|origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |series= Young Bond|date= 5 January 2006|year= 2006|month= January|publisher= Puffin Books|location= London|language= En-UK|isbn= 0141318600|pages= |chapter= Prologue: The Magyar |quote= }}</ref>
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*1918 - The First World War ends.
   
 
*1920 - James Bond is born to [[Andrew Bond|Andrew]] and [[Monique Delacroix Bond]].<ref name="SilverFin3"/><ref name="CommBond1">{{cite web |url= https://debrief.commanderbond.net/topic/54681-young-bonds-age/index.html|title= Young Bond's Age|accessdate=2020-10-10 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 30 May 2009|year= 2009|month= May|format= Forum|work= |publisher= commanderbond.net|pages= |language= En|archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= CH: This is one for the adults and will get a bit technical and boring, so kids can skip it if they want to. When IFP approached me to write these books they said that all I needed to worry about were the Fleming novels. I didn't need to try and include what appears in the films, or in any of the books not written by Fleming. So I have never read any of them. This is Fleming’s Bond. So my books cannot fit in with the continuation novels. The timescale we chose is somewhere roughly in middle of what Fleming created. The dates and details of Bond’s early life change as Fleming’s books and short stories progress, because he was trying to keep Bond roughly the same age through his books. We chose 1920 as a birth date, because we thought that the early thirties were an interesting time for these books to be set. Though it’s never stated in the books, SilverFin starts at the beginning of 1933 when James is 13. Book 5 will take place in the summer of 1934.)}}</ref>
  
*1920 - James Bond is born to [[Andrew Bond|Andrew]] and [[Monique Delacroix Bond]].<ref name="SilverFin3"/><ref name="CommBond1">{{cite web |url= https://debrief.commanderbond.net/topic/54681-young-bonds-age/index.html|title= Young Bond's Age|accessdate=2020-10-10 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 30 May 2009|year= 2009|month= May|format= Forum|work= |publisher= commanderbond.net|pages= |language= En|archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= CH: This is one for the adults and will get a bit technical and boring, so kids can skip it if they want to. When IFP approached me to write these books they said that all I needed to worry about were the Fleming novels. I didn't need to try and include what appears in the films, or in any of the books not written by Fleming. So I have never read any of them. This is Fleming’s Bond. So my books cannot fit in with the continuation novels. The timescale we chose is somewhere roughly in middle of what Fleming created. The dates and details of Bond’s early life change as Fleming’s books and short stories progress, because he was trying to keep Bond roughly the same age through his books. We chose 1920 as a birth date, because we thought that the early thirties were an interesting time for these books to be set. Though it’s never stated in the books, SilverFin starts at the beginning of 1933 when James is 13. Book 5 will take place in the summer of 1934.)}}</ref>
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*Summer 1933 - Sir Cathal Goodenough is murdered by [[Zoltan the Magyar]] aboard his yacht, the ''Siren''. His daughter [[Amy Goodenough|Amy]] is abducted.<ref name="BloodFever1"/>
  
*Summer 1933 - Sir Cathal Goodenough is murdered by [[Zoltan the Magyar]] aboard his yacht, the ''Siren''. His daughter [[Amy Goodenough|Amy]] is abducted.<ref name="BloodFever1"/>
   
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*August 1933 - Bond travels to Sardinia on an archaeological trip. He unravels the schemes of [[The Millenaria]] secret society and liberates Amy Goodenough.<ref name="BloodFever2">{{cite book |last= Higson|first= Charlie|authorlink= Charlie Higson|title= Blood Fever|origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |series= Young Bond|date= 5 January 2006|year= 2006|month= January|publisher= Puffin Books|location= London|language= En-UK|isbn= 0141318600|pages= |chapter= Chapter 5: The Tombs of the Giants |quote= I’m taking an expedition there at the end of the summer, to look at some of the monuments.}}</ref>
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*August 1933 - Bond travels to Sardinia on an archaeological trip. He unravels the schemes of the Millenaria secret society and liberates Amy Goodenough.<ref name="BloodFever2">{{cite book |last= Higson|first= Charlie|authorlink= Charlie Higson|title= Blood Fever|origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |series= Young Bond|date= 5 January 2006|year= 2006|month= January|publisher= Puffin Books|location= London|language= En-UK|isbn= 0141318600|pages= |chapter= Chapter 5: The Tombs of the Giants |quote= I’m taking an expedition there at the end of the summer, to look at some of the monuments.}}</ref>
   
 
*December 1933 - The events of Double or Die begin.<ref name="DoubleOrDie1">{{cite book |last= Higson|first= Charlie|authorlink= Charlie Higson|title= Double or Die|origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |series= Young Bond|date= 4 January 2007|year= 2007|month= January|publisher= Puffin|location= |language= En-UK|isbn= 0141322039|pages= |chapter= Chapter 1: Thoughts in a Bamford and Martin Tourer |quote= It was too cramped and awkward to drive with the rain cover up, so they were completely exposed to the grisly December weather.}}</ref>
  
*December 1933 - The events of Double or Die begin.<ref name="DoubleOrDie1">{{cite book |last= Higson|first= Charlie|authorlink= Charlie Higson|title= Double or Die|origdate= |origyear= |origmonth= |series= Young Bond|date= 4 January 2007|year= 2007|month= January|publisher= Puffin|location= |language= En-UK|isbn= 0141322039|pages= |chapter= Chapter 1: Thoughts in a Bamford and Martin Tourer |quote= It was too cramped and awkward to drive with the rain cover up, so they were completely exposed to the grisly December weather.}}</ref>

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This Young Bond timeline is a comprehensive list of important dates in the history of the Young Bond series of novels penned by Charlie Higson and Steve Cole.

  • 1900 - Italian secret society, the Millenaria, launch their campaign to rebuild the Roman Empire.[1]
  • 1914 - The First World War begins.
  • 1918 - The First World War ends.
  • 1925 - Max Bond takes James to the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley.[5]
  • 1931 - Bond's parents perish in a climbing accident in the Aiguilles Rouges. Bond is 11 years old.[3]
  • 1933 - SilverFin, Bond is 13 years old.[3][4]
  • April 1933 - Max Bond dies of cancer, Randolph Hellebore is killed by his brother Algar.[7]
  • Summer 1933 - Sir Cathal Goodenough is murdered by Zoltan the Magyar aboard his yacht, the Siren. His daughter Amy is abducted.[2]
  • August 1933 - Bond travels to Sardinia on an archaeological trip. He unravels the schemes of the Millenaria secret society and liberates Amy Goodenough.[8]
  • December 1933 - The events of Double or Die begin.[9]
  • Summer 1934 - By Royal Command.
  • January 1934 - James Bond travels to Mexico with his Aunt Charmian.[10]
  • July 1935 - Red Nemesis begins. (Last day of term)
  • August 1935 - Soviets attempt to stage a coup in Britain.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Higson, Charlie (5 January 2006). "Chapter 7: Terror Firma", Blood Fever, Young Bond (in En-UK). London: Puffin Books. ISBN 0141318600. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Higson, Charlie (5 January 2006). "Prologue: The Magyar", Blood Fever, Young Bond (in En-UK). London: Puffin Books. ISBN 0141318600. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Higson, Charlie (30 April 2005). "Chapter 8: Daddy’s Gone a-Hunting", SilverFin, Young Bond (in En-UK). Miramax Books. ISBN 078683661X. “Two years had passed since then [his parents' deaths].” 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Young Bond's Age (En) (Forum). commanderbond.net (30 May 2009). Retrieved on 2020-10-10. “CH: This is one for the adults and will get a bit technical and boring, so kids can skip it if they want to. When IFP approached me to write these books they said that all I needed to worry about were the Fleming novels. I didn't need to try and include what appears in the films, or in any of the books not written by Fleming. So I have never read any of them. This is Fleming’s Bond. So my books cannot fit in with the continuation novels. The timescale we chose is somewhere roughly in middle of what Fleming created. The dates and details of Bond’s early life change as Fleming’s books and short stories progress, because he was trying to keep Bond roughly the same age through his books. We chose 1920 as a birth date, because we thought that the early thirties were an interesting time for these books to be set. Though it’s never stated in the books, SilverFin starts at the beginning of 1933 when James is 13. Book 5 will take place in the summer of 1934.)”
  5. ↑ Higson, Charlie (30 April 2005). "Chapter 9: Max Bond", SilverFin, Young Bond (in En-UK). Miramax Books. ISBN 078683661X. 
  6. ↑ Higson, Charlie (30 April 2005). "Prologue: Blood in the Water", SilverFin, Young Bond (in En-UK). Miramax Books. ISBN 078683661X. “But that had all changed when the new fellow had taken over, five years ago.” 
  7. ↑ Higson, Charlie (30 April 2005). "Chapter 28: On Agar’s Plough", SilverFin, Young Bond (in En-UK). Miramax Books. ISBN 078683661X. 
  8. ↑ Higson, Charlie (5 January 2006). "Chapter 5: The Tombs of the Giants", Blood Fever, Young Bond (in En-UK). London: Puffin Books. ISBN 0141318600. “I’m taking an expedition there at the end of the summer, to look at some of the monuments.” 
  9. ↑ Higson, Charlie (4 January 2007). "Chapter 1: Thoughts in a Bamford and Martin Tourer", Double or Die, Young Bond (in En-UK). Puffin. ISBN 0141322039. “It was too cramped and awkward to drive with the rain cover up, so they were completely exposed to the grisly December weather.” 
  10. ↑ Higson, Charlie (6 September 2007). "Chapter 3: Angel Corona", Hurricane Gold, Young Bond (in En-UK). Puffin. ISBN 0141384093. “[Five weeks after Boxing Day Bond is in Mexico.]” 
  11. ↑ Cole, Steve (4 May 2017). "Chapter 24: Invasion by Stealth", Red Nemesis, Young Bond (in En-UK). Red Fox. ISBN 1782952438. “]” 
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