get to know Guy Thackeray. Trivia As the novel begins, Bond is in Jamaica at his newly purchased estate that he dubs "Shamelady". The estate was previously owned by a "well-known British journalist and author." The author is in fact Ian Fleming and the estate, Goldeneye, where Fleming wrote every James Bond novel till his death in 1964. Shamelady was suggested to Fleming in 1952 for Goldeneye by his wife, Ann Rothermere. "Shame Lady" is another name for the plant mimosa pudica. Publication History UK first hardback edition, Hodder & Stoughton (), 3 April 1997 US first hardback edition, Putnam (), May 5, 1997 UK paperback edition, Coronet Books (), 5 March 1998 US paperback edition, Jove Books (), August 1998 See also Outline of James Bond References External links No Tears for Hong Kong: the people and places of Zero Minus Ten, by Raymond Benson James Bond books 1997 British novels Novels by Raymond Benson Hodder & Stoughton books Novels set in Hong Kong Novels set in China Novels set in Western Australia