The novel was adapted to run as a three-part story in Playboy in 1963, serialised in the Daily Express newspaper (11 parts) and then developed as a daily cartoon strip in the Daily Express in 1964–1965. On Her Majesty's Secret Service received broadly good reviews in the British and American press. In common with Fleming's other Bond stories, he used the names and places of people he knew or had heard of and Blofeld's research station on Piz Gloria was based on Schloss Mittersill, which the Nazis had turned into a research establishment examining the Asiatic races. The pair marry at the end of the story, but hours after the ceremony Blofeld attacks the couple, and kills Tracy.įleming made a number of revelations about Bond's character within the book, including showing an emotional side that was not present in the previous stories. Bond meets and falls in love with Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo during the story. After meeting him in disguise and discovering his latest plans, Bond attacks the centre where he is based, although Blofeld escapes in the confusion. The story centres on Bond's ongoing search to find Ernst Stavro Blofeld after the Thunderball incident through contact with the College of Arms in London Bond finds Blofeld based in Switzerland. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the second book in what is known as the "Blofeld trilogy", which begins with Thunderball and concludes with You Only Live Twice.
Fleming wrote the book in Jamaica whilst the first film in the Eon Productions series of films, Dr.
The initial and secondary print runs sold out, with over 60,000 books sold in the first month, double that of the previous book. After the relative disappointment of The Spy Who Loved Me, the author made a concerted effort to produce another novel adhering to the tried and tested formula.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the tenth novel and eleventh book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 1 April 1963.
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