Ahvenanmaalla asuva, vuosien ajan James Bondin historiaa tutkinut brittikirjailija Jeremy Duns uskoo, että Ian Flemingin luoman James Bond -hahmon esikuva oli palkittu sotajournalisti Antony Terry.
Duns julkaisi kesällä 2019 omakustanteena Agent of Influence -nimisen teoksen, joka käsittelee edesmenneen toimittajan Antony Terryn ja Ian Flemingin välistä ystävyyssuhdetta. Dunsin kirjasta käy ilmi, että monet yksityiskohdat Terryn tarinassa sopivat yhteen Bondin tarinan kanssa.
He was a giant of Cold War journalism, reporting from the alleyways of Vienna, Berlin and Budapest and the jungles of Biafra and Paraguay. A war hero, a Nazi-hunter, a spy and a master manipulator, he was also a major influence on several of the 20th century's greatest thriller-writers. Jeremy Duns delves into the many worlds of Antony Terry.
Jeremy Duns is the author of the Paul Dark spy novels, published by Simon& Schuster. His first novel, Free Agent, was one of the Daily Telegraph's 'Thrillers of the year' in 2009, and received praise from William Boyd, Eric Van Lustbader and David Morrell. The Times called the second book in the series, Song Of Treason (originally published as Free Country),'a masterly excursion back to the bad old days of the Cold War', while The Guardian said it was 'a treat for fans of traditional Len Deighton-style spy thrillers'. The third Dark novel, The Moscow Option, was published in 2012, and was followed by Dead Drop (titled Codename: Hero in the US), a non-fiction investigation ofthe MI6-CIA operation to run Colonel Oleg Penkovsky. The fourth Dark novel, Spy Out The Land, was published in 2016.